The dynamic duo of journalists who broke open the robocall scandal are back with another doozy of a story.

Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor of PostMedia News have obtained a training manual on aggressive tactics used by Responsive Marketing Group (RMG), the call centre which raises funds for the Conservative Party.

According to their article, published Wednesday, the manual instructs callers on how to deal with low-income donors who say they can't afford to give.

Potential donors who say things like: "I'm on a fixed budget" or " I'm a widower" are replied to with a sense of urgency.

"Do you believe in maintaining a strong military and keeping our families safe?" the manual instructs callers to say.

After a supporter agrees, the script advises the caller to close the sale:

"What a lot of people who are on a tight budget/fixed income/pension/widower (similar circumstance to prospect) have been able to help us out with is a smaller amount of $__, Do you think that would work better for you, Mr./Ms.?"

Fred DeLorey, a spokesman for the Conservative Party, said the party did not approve the training manual.

"We hire call centres to make calls," he said in an email to PostMedia News. "We don't train their employees."

The phone script is similar in tone to the Conservative Party fundraising letters mailed to both current and former members.

The most recent one, dated March 8, 2012, asks members for a contribution of $180, $270, or possibly $360 to help the party "communicate the importance of the new budget."

"Without the money we need, the NDP and other opposition parties will paint the new budget as a disaster bringing economic pain to Canadians," states the letter signed by Conservative Fund chair, and now Senator Irving R. Gerstein.

"And they will try to divide us...seniors vs. working families, one region vs. other regions, and corporations vs. small business. Only by dividing us, instead of pulling together, will our opponents claim victory.

"Our opponents will never stop their attacks. And when they try to separate and divide Canadians , they put the nation's economy at risk."