OTTAWA — The Conservatives continued to raise more money than any other federal party during the third quarter of the year but the ruling Liberals closed the gap somewhat. According to financial returns filed with Elections Canada, the Conservatives raked in $3.6 million from July to the end of September, from more than 32,000 donors. The Conservatives raised almost twice as much as the Liberals in the first quarter of 2017, when the ruling party froze fundraising events featuring the prime minister and cabinet ministers as it developed new rules for such events. That gap narrowed in the second quarter — with the Tories taking in $4.1 million to the Liberals’ $3 million — and again in the third quarter. However, the Conservatives boasted that they just posted their best third quarter results since losing the election in 2015.

Source: National Post October 31, 2017 23:03 UTC