"The Explainer" is really "The Spinner" a supervillian with the power of surrounding us a flow of pointless verbiage which forms into a whirlwind of hot air designed to spin us around until we're too dizzy to pay attention to the original issue. It is that it was at the EDA level as there is a donation limit of $1100 to all EDAs as well. Had a donor "touched the sky" and paid $2000 to go to a Sens/Habs game with Ken Dryden, he would be in violation of the law. Elizabeth Whiting clearly stated: "Goods and services provided by parties at Fair Market Value (FMV) are NOT donations. However, some goods purchased at an auction that have some unique value (ie an autograph), the FMV is what someone is willing to pay for it." $2000 minus the cost of tickets is only the first step. Ken Dryden's time has value, he is adding value to the cost of two hockey tickets and he is "donating that" to the EDA as a prize which is the same as if the two tickets were donated by a Liberal with season tickets. Ken has a donation limit of $1100 to all EDAs that he donates to in 2008. Even if those tickets went for $100 more in value and thus under the $1100. Ken donated his time and the value in this case is $100. The "Spinner" declines to be specific about all the other "misconceptions" as they would be all shot down. When the Liberal leadership numbers are posted, I bet there will plenty of illegal acts exposed.