Report on Local Government Elections Makes 31 Recommendations

Monday, May 31, 2010 08:56 AM

VICTORIA - The Local Government Elections Task Force has delivered its final report and it carries 31 recommendations to improve local government.

The recommendations would improve local government elections by ensuring accountability, enhancing transparency, strengthening compliance and enforcement, increasing accessibility, and expanding education and advice.

They include:

* Placing expense limits on local election campaign participants.
* Requiring registration and disclosure by third party advertisers.
* Requiring sponsorship information on all election advertising.
* Making campaign finance disclosure statements available earlier and in an electronically searchable form.
* Establishing a key role for Elections BC in enforcement of local campaign finance rules.
* Establishing a separate act for local campaign finance rules.

The task force was co-chaired by Bennett and Nyce, and included two government MLAs, two UBCM members and one UBCM alternate.

The report has been delivered to the Province and UBCM. It is anticipated the changes, if implemented, will be in place in time for the 2011 local elections.

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Comments

Posted by: BCRacer on May 31 2010 2:30 PM

This from a government that has done what it has to the citizens of BC....you have got to be kidding....and I suppose the local governments are going to bend over and accept this????

Posted by: Andyfreeze on May 31 2010 5:47 PM

Whoa!...this one stinks!
Who do we think this one favours?

Posted by: skeptikl on May 31 2010 6:51 PM

actually, it's a good idea. rookie counselors and mayors only just get a handle on what needs to be done and how the system works when elections come around, and the cycle starts over again, costing us millions of dollars. maybe this way municipalities could actually move forward.

Posted by: acrider54 on June 1 2010 5:30 AM

I can't believe it! This coming from the Campbell group. Pretty funny.