A note on political donations
Dec. 22nd, 2011 08:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dewlineThis is an open letter to all the political parties of Canada.
If I make a donation to any of your organizations, that should not - under any circumstances - be taken as a statement of intent to become a member of your party. It is strictly a donation, nothing more.
If I decide to officially join any particular party, I will explicitly so inform them and pay the appropriate fees at that point.
If I ever find a receipt, either hardcopy or e-mailed, arriving in my hands presuming my intent to be other than that stated in the above paragraphs, I will consider that a hostile act against my freedom of political activity as a citizen of Canada. The political party or parties responsible will find themselves no longer receiving donations from me, regardless of their worth as an organization.
And that would indeed be a shame.
If I make a donation to any of your organizations, that should not - under any circumstances - be taken as a statement of intent to become a member of your party. It is strictly a donation, nothing more.
If I decide to officially join any particular party, I will explicitly so inform them and pay the appropriate fees at that point.
If I ever find a receipt, either hardcopy or e-mailed, arriving in my hands presuming my intent to be other than that stated in the above paragraphs, I will consider that a hostile act against my freedom of political activity as a citizen of Canada. The political party or parties responsible will find themselves no longer receiving donations from me, regardless of their worth as an organization.
And that would indeed be a shame.
