Final Report of BC's Local Government Elections Task Force

This morning, the BC Local Government Elections Task Force has released their Final Report. It was co-chaired by the Hon. Bill Bennett, Minister of Community & Rural Development and Harry Nyce, President of the Union of BC Municipalities

You can see the report here

Some of the recommendations 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.