…the Tory push to do away with public financing presents a golden fundraising opportunity to the other parties. Issues like this probably don’t resonate much at all with the general public, but to party members? I would imagine that Liberals might be willing to dish out $20, if they think it will help stall Tom Flanagan’s plan to destroy the Liberal Party of Canada.

But, lo and behold, it’s the Greens, of all people, who appear to be taking advantage of it, sending out a fundraising e-mail today asking for donations in light of Harper’s proposals. Now that’s how you run a political party.

As for the LPC? Well, there’s nothing from the party yet (surprise surprise), although the BC Young Liberals have started a facebook campaign encouraging people to donate to the LPC to fight this.

For anyone so inclined, the online donation page can be found here.

UPDATE: I’ll give credit where credit is due and, second only to the Green Party in terms of speed, is the Michael Ignatieff campaign, who sent out an e-mail tonight asking for donations to Michael’s campaign (and the victory fund) to stop Harper’s plan “to undermine the democratic underpinnings of Canada’s fair and open political system“. Well played.