Can one use campaign donations to pay for ones student loans?

Against the law ! Monies cannot be used for personal costs, daily food, car payments, apartment rental . . . etc!

You can’t collect campaign donations to pay off your student loans.

No, leave those RedDeerGuy for Red Deer campaign contributions alone (although you can buy your election staff all the KFC they can eat.)

Not in the US. No idea what laws in Canada are.

Is the question “can you?” or “is it illegal?”, because it seems like many politicians often don’t equate those two questions…

No. It would constitute fraud, I believe…

Absolutely not. Its a quick way to lose as well as legal ramifications. Here, the Ethics Committee checks anything over 1000. In detail. Must be campaign related plus receipts.

But if corporations and foreign countries book large amounts of needless and expensive stays in hotels you own, that’s just fine . . .