For 1st time, Liberal Party leadership candidates must disclose where donations come from
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Candidates vying to become leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador — and the province's next premier — will now have to tell the public who's donating to their campaign, and how much money they're giving.
The party has closed a loophole which allowed candidates to keep that information secret.
Liberal Party co-ordinator Michael King announced the policy change in a statement on Monday.
"All campaigns will be required to publicly produce their list of donors together with the amount donated by a date to be determined, subsequent to the election," he wrote.
"The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is committed to a fair, open, and transparent race in the public interest."
While the statement notes the party has been thinking about "requiring robust financial reporting as part of this election," the strengthened rules are nevertheless unprecedented.
Both of the candidates who have confirmed they are running to replace outgoing Premier Andrew Furey — MHAs John Hogan and John Abbott — had previously promised they would make all of their campaign donations and expenses public.
This new policy, though, will obligate them to do that.
The policy shift comes after more than 20 years of promises from Liberal and Progressive Conservative leaders to tighten up the rules.
While it was not a rule, in the past leadership hopefuls have disclosed financial information.
After the 2020 race to replace Premier Dwight Ball, both candidates — Abbott and Furey — released the list of contributions they received and the names of donors.
The current leadership race kicked off when Furey unexpectedly announced on Feb. 25 that he was resigning from after four and a half years, and returning to his surgical career.
The nomination period for candidates closes on March 24 and the party will elect a new leader on May 3.
The Liberal party had already announced another 'first' by putting a campaign spending cap of $200,000 on candidates.
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