# matt\_mcl has another kick at the political can... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216 "2002-03-26T18:39:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/21 "2002-03-28T16:41:36Z")
Wishing you the best of luck, **Matt**. Let me know if you want me to go out to I-95 and hold up signs promoting you to Quebecois driving to and from Florida – best help anybody from N.C. can be to you. 🙂 To make a serious suggestion, perhaps those of us who support you and have funds to spare could send contributions to somebody trustworthy up there north of the border ( **Laurange**?) who could then legally contribute to your campaign in the same amount. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/22 "2002-03-28T19:41:59Z")
Hey, that’s an idea. Although I’m not sure how legal it is. (Would you want people from another country funding _your_ political candidates?) Luckily, I’m Canadian, so all I have to do is mail **matt\_mcl** an envelope full of our shiny new [five-dollar notes](http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/general/character/2001_05f.htm). Or larger denominations as necessary. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/23 "2002-03-28T21:14:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sunspace \* > \*\*Hey, that’s an idea. Although I’m not sure how legal it is. (Would you want people from another country funding _your_ political candidates?) > \*\* Why not? It’s happened before. 😉 Robin ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/24 "2002-03-28T21:52:06Z")
I’ve just gotten off the phone with Elections Canada and I find that it is not permitted to accept campaign contributions from non-Canadians. I wouldn’t like to risk breaking a law by conveying the donations through a third party, either. But thank you so much for your interest and your generosity. (Donations from Canadians, of course, will be cheerfully accepted. 😃 Please email me for information. And thank you again.) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/25 "2002-03-29T06:13:35Z")
I just found out that the full name of **matt’s** riding is [Verdun–Saint-Henri–Saint-Paul–Pointe Saint-Charles](http://www.elections.ca/scripts/info/edMap_e.asp?edID=24074&showLink=no). Now, that’s a mouthful. By the time the Speaker finishes calling on you (“The Chair recognizes the Honourable Member from Verdun–Saint-Henri–Saint-Paul–Pointe Saint-Charles,”) you might have forgotton what you were going to say! ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/26 "2002-03-29T06:22:11Z")
_Allez_ NDP! The only political party I’ve attended a leadership debate for…and I’m not even Canadian. **matt\_mcl** , I know that I’m not really allowed to donate to your campaign (and I really appreciate your honesty in telling us this, you could have been like every other candidate!)…but I have an NDP activist friend up North, who may be glad to send a donation along. She owes me a favour anyway…😉 When the by-election approaches, can you set up an election results link, as you did last time? ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/27 "2002-03-29T06:22:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*I’ve just gotten off the phone with Elections Canada and I find that it is not permitted to accept campaign contributions from non-Canadians. \*\* So probably having us actually vote is right out of the question? I’ll just wish you luck, then. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/28 "2002-04-03T15:45:10Z")
Happy Easter Tuesday to you, **matt**. This is a bit of a hijack, but is tangentially related to your announcement that is the topic of this thread. It occurred to me that your age, sexual orientation, and political activism combine to make you an interesting story for XY Magazine, who would be, I think, most interested in a young gay man who is a major party candidate for Parliament. I’d like to propose it to them as a story topic, but would of course do so only with your consent. With defective e-mail, I’m using your thread to publicly request it – or you could write your own story, if you prefer. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/29 "2002-04-03T19:07:54Z")
Polycarp, that would be absolutely enchanting. I have a huge amount of respect for XY as a magazine, and I would be thrilled to have an article about me there. You might want to mention that I’ve run and/or helped found four gay youth or gay activist groups since I came out. Thanks so much for thinking of me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/30 "2002-04-10T16:22:12Z")
Yes, I won the nomination for candidate last night! It was contested, but my supporters were numerous, and it wasn’t in too much jeopardy. Now the campaign begins! Or it will, as soon as I finish my linguistic theory term paper. :o ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/31 "2002-04-10T16:27:51Z")
Yay Matt! ::does naked cartwheels through thread for _son cheri Canadian_:: ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/32 "2002-04-10T17:30:15Z")
_stands to the side while punha galavants about_ Félicitations, Matt! Good luck with the paper and the campaign! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/33 "2002-04-10T17:45:21Z")
Congrats, **matt**! I’m so sorry I cuoldn’t come to the meeting, but I was just swamped with work, and had to cancel several other plans that day, too. ☹ So, where exactly do I make campaign contributions? And I know this is kind of a bizarre question, but are campaign contributions always, like, in the thousands, or could I give, like, 20 or something? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/34 "2002-04-10T17:50:20Z")
Add myself and my husband to your legion of well wishers. It’s about time that the Dopers began assuming political positions for our eventual rise to running the planet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/35 "2002-04-11T18:11:18Z")
[Campaign website](http://www.ndp.ca/byelections/default.asp?load=mclauchlin&language=English) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/36 "2002-04-11T18:45:27Z")
(Preparing matt\_mcl for the campaign trail) So matt\_mcl, if elected, what do you plan on doing about the pothole right in front of my driveway? It’s been there for more than a month. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/37 "2002-04-11T18:47:59Z")
Call for federal subsidies to public transit so that you don’t even have to drive. Although I think Costa Mesa is a little far out of my riding or indeed the bailiwick of Parliament. You may have more luck contacting your representative or city councillor. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lockz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/38 "2002-04-16T15:52:39Z")
Congrats Matt! I’m not really NDP, but I’ll do whatever I can to help. Hopefully you make your way to the House! ---
**Author:** ![zoony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zoony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoony)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/39 "2002-04-16T16:26:38Z")
Although I’m a firm believer in the maxim that holds the only disqualification for public office should be actually wanting the job, here’s wishing you the best of luck **matt**. “grew up in Winnipeg” huh? That explains the NDP thing…😉 z ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt_mcl-has-another-kick-at-the-political-can/100216/40 "2002-04-16T17:22:21Z")
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