Again, the Globe and Mail has it wrong. 
 
The simple questions to ask yourself are: 
Do we want to live in a real democracy? YES or NO.
Do we want to know how political parties can do their work? YES or NO.
Do you accept that political parties are part of our democracy? YES or NO.
Do you accept that our democracy: the operations of the government, the elections we have to elect our governments, the election campaigns political candidates and parties run, need to be financed in a transparent way? YES or NO. 

If you say YES to all the above questions, using tax money to finance election campaign should not be a problem for you.  

Political parties are not foreign entities, it is people like you and me taking part in the political system. The finance reform is making sure that we can all do so, as candidates or when we want to start political parties. This is a measure of true democracy!