If you're unclear on what's inappropriate about this (as many on twitter seem to be):
That's public money. It comes from every taxpayer of every political stripe. You cannot take money from supporters of parties A, B and C and put it towards your own re-election campaign as party D.
That's a ruling party using the resources of government to keep itself in power. That is forbidden in a democratic society because if the party in power could just use the gov't institutions it commends to keep itself in power, it would never lose another election. That's undemocratic. Think of all the free campaign funds you could take from the public coffers. Imagine the kind of dirt you could dig up on your opponent if you used CSIS/CSA/RCMP and all their powers to do your nooping for you (that's what happened in the US in 2016 with the FBI and Trump). And while you're at it, why not just use your command over Elections Canada to make sure you win?
This is third-world tin-pot dictatorship type shit. The powers of elected office can never be used to campaign for yourself and your party.
If you're unclear on what's inappropriate about this (as many on twitter seem to be):
That's public money. It comes from every taxpayer of every political stripe. You cannot take money from supporters of parties A, B and C and put it towards your own re-election campaign as party D.
That's a ruling party using the resources of government to keep itself in power. That is forbidden in a democratic society because if the party in power could just use the gov't institutions it commends to keep itself in power, it would never lose another election. That's undemocratic. Think of all the free campaign funds you could take from the public coffers. Imagine the kind of dirt you could dig up on your opponent if you used CSIS/CSA/RCMP and all their powers to do your nooping for you (that's what happened in the US in 2016 with the FBI and Trump). And while you're at it, why not just use your command over Elections Canada to make sure you win?
This is third-world tin-pot dictatorship type shit. The powers of elected office can never be used to campaign for yourself and your party.