B.C. premier rejects calls for spending reforms, NDP seeks donation bans
VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark says she’s not about to overhaul British Columbia’s political funding rules despite Opposition moves Wednesday to ban corporate and union donations.
Clark said she wasn’t prepared to make major changes similar to those recently announced by Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne.
The Ontario premier announced plans to introduce campaign finance legislation that prohibits union and corporate donations and ends private fundraising events.
Clark said B.C.’s political funding rules — which have no limits on contributions but set party and candidate spending limits during elections — are sufficient. But she did say she favours more real-time financial reporting as opposed to annual reports.