NDP renews call for BC premier to change law on political donations
Posted January 19, 2017 7:55 pm.
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VICTORIA (NEWS1130) – British Columbia’s NDP leader is asking the premier to support a bill he plans to introduce that would ban corporate and union donations to the province’s political parties.
John Horgan has been critical of Premier Christy Clark’s fundraising, saying that just 1.5 per cent of donors to the Liberal party accounted for half of the $12.3 million raised by the party last year.
He says the top 185 donors gave an average of $37,000 each to the Liberals.
Horgan has introduced similar bills before and they have failed, but he says if the Liberals back it this time, it could be in place before May’s provincial election.
The Liberal party released 2016 figures on the donations it received last week and it announced the party will begin posting the information online within 10 business days of receiving a donation.
Transportation Minister Todd Stone, who is also the Liberal party’s campaign co-chairman, said the move was made to be transparent and accountable.
