"Played by the rules"??  The Harper Reform government was found GUILTY (not just charged) of cheating in the 2006, 2008 and 2011 elections. Then changed the "Fair Elections Act" in 2015 to prevent the poor, seniors, First Nations etc. (generally the people who couldn't afford to donate to the party coffers) from voting. Harper spent millions of taxpayer dollars fighting the Supreme Court and lost every time. Harper appointed over 50 Senators to fly all over Canada on the taxpayer dime to raise money for the party. Duffy and Gerstein alone spent $800,000 taxpayer dollars raising money for the party.