Get Big Money out of BC Civic Politics! Reform Municipal Election Campaign Finance
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Richard Smithies
12 years ago
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Municipal campaign reform is well overdue in BC and in Vancouver in particular. It is an insult to the democratic process and to electors not to address the 5 points made in the petition. Foreign donors, developers and unions, all expect a quid pro quo many times what they give. Although information is available many months after an election, the manner in which this is made public is extremely complicated and only dedicated forensic diggers can get at some semblance of the real facts - and that only through a veil. BC can do better than this! Reform campaign finance rules before a new electoral cycle begins!
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Tatiana Easton
12 years ago
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I support all efforts to rid the political system of contributions to any political party by BIG OIL, BIG PHARMA or BIG any other corporate body that has an interest in infuencing the governing party for their own gain - in spite of any harm or disadvantage that may affect the health of the general population or the environment.
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Marianne Ketchen
12 years ago
It is a corrupt process with ever lasting effects and those who participate in it should be ashamed of themselves. Nothing more than common thieves in the eyes of their city's citizens……… what are you thinking?
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John Shayler
12 years ago
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I am weary of money and greed stealing our elections. Changes to our current unregulated donation system are keeping the democratic process in the hands of corporate interests and out of those of individual citizens.
Municipal campaign reform is well overdue in BC and in Vancouver in particular. It is an insult to the democratic process and to electors not to address the 5 points made in the petition. Foreign donors, developers and unions, all expect a quid pro quo many times what they give. Although information is available many months after an election, the manner in which this is made public is extremely complicated and only dedicated forensic diggers can get at some semblance of the real facts - and that only through a veil. BC can do better than this! Reform campaign finance rules before a new electoral cycle begins!
I support all efforts to rid the political system of contributions to any political party by BIG OIL, BIG PHARMA or BIG any other corporate body that has an interest in infuencing the governing party for their own gain - in spite of any harm or disadvantage that may affect the health of the general population or the environment.
It is a corrupt process with ever lasting effects and those who participate in it should be ashamed of themselves. Nothing more than common thieves in the eyes of their city's citizens……… what are you thinking?
I am weary of money and greed stealing our elections. Changes to our current unregulated donation system are keeping the democratic process in the hands of corporate interests and out of those of individual citizens.