TD Bank Executives Bundle Political Donations

The G&M reports today that executives at TD Bank bundled personal political contributions and donated to both the Conservative and Liberal Party.

This method, which was used extensively by GW Bush during the 2004 election (the first after the Bi-Partisan Campaign Finance Reform bill came into effect) to raise money.

It is a very good way to overcome the new rules, but unless the TD Bank released this info, no one would have known that this was done.

In the US, contributors are required to disclose their profession and the company or organization they work for. I think that the Chief Electoral Officer in Canada will have to consider such a move as well in the future.