Yes, I do. It's probably not for the reason you might think.
When we finally figured out what it was all about—and we did not agree to participate until we had a thorough understanding of what the mechanics would be—I thought they were doing this to help out the campaign. I thought it would help out the party but would also help us.
You see, we had a lot of what I would call unused expense “headroom”, if you will, and that our bellying up to the bar and helping the party, by their helping us out with the actual expense for the advertising, would allow us to further finance the campaign. York South—Weston is a very poor part of Toronto. That it's probably the second-poorest riding in Ontario is what I'm told. Fundraising is difficult. It was my understanding that this would be an opportunity for the party, then, to be able to help itself that much better, which we did.