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On Sunday, Charlie Angus took to his Facebook page to announce the launch of a new website --www.charlieangusnpd.ca -- geared toward gauging public support for a leadership run, finding potential volunteers, and even taking pledges for future campaign contributions.
But while the website is still just doing preparation work for a possible run, the fact that Angus spent money on setting it up means he has incurred a campaign expense, which makes him a leadership candidate in the eyes of Elections Canada.
The political financing handbook for leadership contestants published by Elections Canada states: "From a political financing perspective, a person is deemed to be a leadership contestant from the date a contribution, a loan or a transfer is accepted or a leadership campaign expense is incurred."
Angus' website was clearly designed to follow the rule for people who have not decided to officially run. For instance, it does not accept actual campaign contributions, just pledges. And Angus said he did not pay anyone to create the website for him.
But he did spend money to create the site.
A WHOIS search on the new website revealed that the domain name was registered for the next two years on Jan. 5 from a domain name selling company, National CA Domains Ltd.
When asked about this by The Daily Press, Angus confirmed that he had spent $30 of his own money to purchase the domain name.
"You don't get domain names for free," he said.
Source: http://www.nugget.ca/2017/01/23/angus-a-step-closer-to-leadership-run
But while the website is still just doing preparation work for a possible run, the fact that Angus spent money on setting it up means he has incurred a campaign expense, which makes him a leadership candidate in the eyes of Elections Canada.
The political financing handbook for leadership contestants published by Elections Canada states: "From a political financing perspective, a person is deemed to be a leadership contestant from the date a contribution, a loan or a transfer is accepted or a leadership campaign expense is incurred."
Angus' website was clearly designed to follow the rule for people who have not decided to officially run. For instance, it does not accept actual campaign contributions, just pledges. And Angus said he did not pay anyone to create the website for him.
But he did spend money to create the site.
A WHOIS search on the new website revealed that the domain name was registered for the next two years on Jan. 5 from a domain name selling company, National CA Domains Ltd.
When asked about this by The Daily Press, Angus confirmed that he had spent $30 of his own money to purchase the domain name.
"You don't get domain names for free," he said.
Source: http://www.nugget.ca/2017/01/23/angus-a-step-closer-to-leadership-run
