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say “loan” very suspiciously because if there was an agreement at any time between a candidate and a lender, where the lender said, “I will give you $100,000 for your leadership campaign and don't worry, brother, you'll never have to repay it, because I'll simpl
y write it off”, it would not be a loan; it would be a contribution. That would seriously violate t
he current election financing and Elections Canada laws with respect to contributions to can
...[+++]didates.