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Alberta’s NDP stopped asking for donations in the last fiscal quarter, compounding a sharp decrease in political giving as new rules kicked in stopping corporate donations.

The New Democratic Party took in $82,746 in donations between July 1 and Sept. 30 this year, less than half the $269,730 in donations they saw from April through June. Starting June 15, donations from unions and corporations were banned under the new NDP-introduced Bill 1, An Act to Renew Democracy.

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“The last 12 months or so have been the best and most successful fundraising period we’ve ever had and after the spring election and now there’s a federal election, we frankly thought that Albertans deserved a break from being asked for donations,” said Amanda Freistadt, acting provincial secretary for the Alberta NDP. “We do expect our fundraising efforts will ramp up in the coming weeks.”

In comparison, the Wildrose Party raised $263,676 in the third quarter, of which $208,851 came in individual donations of $250 or less. That’s compared to the $269,356 collected in the last update from the Wildrose.