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For nearly a decade, the Conservatives have been the undisputed champions on the federal political fundraising circuit, regularly pulling in more cash from rank-and-file supporters than the Liberals and the New Democrats combined.

So what, then, are we to make of an (admittedly unnamed) senior source who told the Canadian Press that the party “will be in debt after this election is through”?

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Such anonymous comments are to be taken with a grain of salt, of course — but as yet, the party seems unwilling to debunk the claim; a query to the party’s director of communications remains unanswered.

What we know (and what we don’t):

According to the party’s latest financial statements — which I perused in detail earlier this year — as of Dec. 31, 2014, the Conservatives had just over $17 million in net assets, $14.2 million of which is listed as “unrestricted” (as opposed to capital/intangible investments).