Yes, which is exactly why tax credits for political donations should be banned.    Political Parties are NOT charities.    

Further, when Harper banned the per-vote subsidy, he stated that it was because Canadians should not have to support political parties without consent.    Yet, the per-vote subsidy cost far less than the tax credits (about $30 mln/year for the per vote subsidy vs $50 mln/year for the tax credits).

Harper was wrong to target just the per-vote subsidy IF his reasoning was truthful, right Layla?