The election results hide bad news for the Quebec Liberal Party, whose public funding is set to fall. In addition, the vast majority of Liberal candidates will not be eligible for reimbursement of their electoral expenses.
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In fact, according to a Journal calculation, only 38 candidates achieve the minimum 15% of the vote to qualify for a 50% reimbursement of election expenses from the chief electoral officer. This number includes the 21 seats won by the PLQ.
That means 87 counties “did not file,” compared to 39 in 2018, which was already a disastrous year.
Also, the PLQ’s 14.6% at the national level means a drop in revenue, while the party garnered just under 25% of the vote in 2018.
Since the 2013 reform, the state has financed part of the revenues of political parties. Each eligible party will receive $1.71 annually for each vote received.
The QLP can therefore expect a decrease in public revenue of around 10% compared to the last mandate.
Dominique Anglade’s troops had to mortgage party buildings to finance the election campaign.
Last in terms of public funding, the PLQ has borrowed a total of $4.7 million for its buildings, our investigative office revealed.
Far from its good years, since the beginning of the year the party had raised three times fewer funds than the Coalition Avenir Québec, about two times fewer than the Parti Québécois and Québec solidaire, and $200,000 less than the Quebec-based Parti-Kurator.
The other three opposition parties also receive public funds, like the PLQ, with just under 15%. But the distortion in the current electoral system means the Conservatives get these amounts without having a single member in the National Assembly.
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