Prince Edward Island

COX & PALMER: $105,412.87

Law firm Cox & Palmer is deeply enmeshed in Prince Edward Island politics. Liberal Education Minister Jordan Brown is an associate at the firm, which has won various government contracts, including representing the province in a battle with the privacy commissioner. The firm has made 23 donations, giving $65,305.45 to the Liberals and $40,107.42 to the Progressive Conservatives. (The second biggest donor between 2006 and 2017 is also a law firm, McInnes Cooper, which has donated a total of $83,507.86 to political parties.)

BELL CANADA: $77,714.56

Bell Aliant Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of telecommunications giant Bell Canada, signed a sole-source agreement with the provincial government in 2008 to serve as the province’s exclusive telephone services provider. In exchange, Bell promised to provide internet access to 56 rural communities. The sole-source nature of the deal, which was renewed in 2010 and 2013 without public announcement, drew ire from Bell’s potential competition. But it wasn’t until January 2017 that the full contract, including the $23.3-million price tag, was released following an order by P.E.I.’s privacy commissioner, according to The Guardian in Charlottetown. The company made 22 donations, giving $50,373.32 to the Liberals and $27,341.24 to the Progressive Conservatives.