Nothing gets the blood boiling faster than the feeling 'big money' is buying elections. This mis-guided impression drove politicians at the federal level to create campaign-finance restrictions and taxpayer funding for themselves and their political parties. Now, the British Columbia government is reviewing the local government election process and may impose some of those same restrictions and obligations here. Voters may be losing confidence in the local election process, but greater transparency through effective campaign finance disclosure, not more restrictions and political pork, is what will restore it.
