Collateral damage

Earlier, we reported Coalition of Progressive Electors external co-chairperson Ellen Woodsworth took an apparent poke at Vision Vancouver in a recent fundraising email - noting her party's finances "are not supplemented by money from the developers or the gambling industry or big businesses." But, in an interview with Public Eye, Ms. Woodsworth said that wasn't her intention. According to the former councillor, the email "wasn't meant to be directed at Vision. The NPA takes gambling and developers money. Most of the major parties do...I think all I'm trying to say is that we don't have access to big chunks of funding. We're funded mainly by individuals and, at election time, the unions do make contributions. But mostly our day-to-day funding comes from individual people giving donations to us."