Liberal Leadership Race Raises Questions About Possible Fundraising ‘Loophole’

Liberal Leadership Race Raises Questions About Possible Fundraising ‘Loophole’
The Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 9, 2025. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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Only two of the candidates in the Liberal leadership race—Mark Carney and Ruby Dhalla—disclosed their fundraising events to Elections Canada.

A political transparency advocate says this exposes a “loophole” in the rules for funding political campaigns that needs to be closed—since some of the contenders held fundraisers without publicly disclosing them or reporting who attended.