The Local News Data Hub’s goal with this project, published on January 18, 2023, was to produce national and local stories exploring how much money was raised by federal political parties, candidates and riding associations in federal electoral districts across Canada and to explore what, if any, impact these donations have.
We looked at donations made between Oct. 20, 2015 – one day after the 2015 federal election – and Dec. 31, 2020. In addition to identifying the ridings that generated the most money for the parties, we also produced stories that focused on ridings covered by Village Media publications in Ontario.
This project is the result of a collaboration with the Investigative Journalism Foundation (IJF), a non-profit journalism startup that is tracking political donations and lobbyist activity in partnership with university researchers.