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Board of Governors Political Donations:  96 per cent Liberal

NewsJustin Giovannetti — Published January 18, 2011

Over the past decade, Concordia’s current Board of Governors donated nearly $155,000 to provincial political parties. Nearly 96 per cent of those donations went to the Quebec Liberal Party.

Under Quebec law, an individual can donate $3,000 a year to a political party—the limit was lowered to $2,000 annually earlier this year.

Jonathan Wener, the CEO of Canderel Property Management and a community-at-large member of the board for 16 years, has donated $33,500 to political parties since 2000—the most of any board member. Eight per cent of Wener’s donations went to the Action démocratique du Québec while the remainder went to the Liberals.

Board chair Peter Kruyt, a vice president at the Power Corporation, donated the limit of $3,000 a year for the past decade to the Liberals.

Hélène F. Fortin, the chairwoman of Loto-Québec, was the only board member to donate to all three provincial political parties.

This article originally appeared in Volume 31, Issue 19, published January 18, 2011.