The per-vote subsidy should be in place for many reasons:
- The current individual donation and tax credit system tilts all fundraising to the ones who can afford the donation (the well-heeled Conservative (especially) as well as many Liberal supporters).  Without money, do you have a voice?
- Taxpayers already pay for three-quarters of a political donation, and almost all those donations come to well-heeled donors who don't need the subsidy.
- With all the tax credits, the current system of super-deductions is likely as costly (don't forget administrative costs, as well)
- It eliminates cash for access
- It eliminates the discrepancies in our tax receipt structure where any donation to the Fraser Institute is fully deductible for tax purposes, yet a donation to the Broadbent Institute is not deductible.  Why is that?
- Political parties can get on with policy and analysis, not worrying about fundraising
- Set a minimum threshold for support, say 1 or 2% overall of the overall vote