What is your source indicating that a federal election costs $300 million?
Better still, what's the source indicating that a federal election costs taxpayers $300 million?
UPDATE:
Ask and ye shall receive, so to speak. From a reader, via email:
2.11 Cost of the Election
A general election is a complex and costly undertaking. The 40th general election is estimated to have cost slightly under $290 million. Activities in the 308 electoral districts accounted for 47.1 percent of that amount. Next came expenses at Elections Canada in Ottawa (32.4 percent), followed by reimbursements of eligible election expenses to candidates and political parties (20.1 percent). Last were evaluations conducted to learn from the experience of this event so that Elections Canada can continue to improve its performance. This category accounted for 0.5 percent of the total cost of the election.
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Of course that money doesn't just vanish into the ether. Sign makers are paid to make signs. Printers are paid to print leaflets. Election workers get temp jobs. Rent is paid to local landlords for otherwise empty office space.
In fact, about the only truly useless spending during a campaign is for television advertising.
Tell that to a TV station!
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