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To: SofaSpud who wrote (2621)	5/16/2003 10:05:54 AM
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The embodiment of arrogant hypocrisy: Ban on corporate money 'most important' bill in Ottawa: PM Last Updated Thu, 15 May 2003 19:36:41 MONTREAL - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien hailed the end of corporate donations to federal political parties Wednesday night at a $500-a-plate corporate fundraiser for the Liberal party. (FILE PHOTO) Chrétien said his bill to ban corporate donations to federal political parties is the most important piece of legislation before Parliament. If the bill passes, fundraising dinners such as the one held in a Montreal ballroom Wednesday night will be a thing of the past. RELATED STORY: PM says national unity is 'mission accomplished' Since coming to power, Chrétien has raised more than $30 million from such dinners, but the prime minister's successors won't have the same opportunity. Chrétien has held 10 such dinners every year, one in each province. More than 90 per cent of the plates are paid for by corporations. But Chrétien says Canadians now believe corporations have too much influence on politics, so he's pulling the plug on the dinners. Critics of the legislation, many of them supporters of Paul Martin, the man believed to be Chrétien's most likely successor, say the bill is political suicide. Other Liberal MPs say the bill makes all politicians look like crooks, and wonder why Chrétien is still holding corporate dinners if the fundraising is bad for politics. Chrétien has made the passing of the bill a confidence vote, meaning that if the Liberals vote it down, they'll force a snap election, with Jean Chrétien at the helm. Written by CBC News Online staff