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Christy Clark aims to force NDP donation disclosure

Speaker overrules NDP demands for reform
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Speaker Linda Reid, a long-time BC Liberal MLA from Richmond, ruled several opposition questions on donations out of order Monday. (Hansard TV)

Opposition members were repeatedly ruled out of order in the B.C. legislature Monday as they demanded the BC Liberal government reform the province害羞草研究所檚 campaign finance laws by banning 害羞草研究所渂ig money害羞草研究所 donations from corporations and unions.

Premier Christy Clark revealed her own version of reform instead, legislation to force all parties to disclose donations within two weeks of receiving them, as the BC Liberal Party started doing in January.

害羞草研究所淚n my view this should happen before the next election,害羞草研究所 Clark said, suggesting that Election Act amendments introduced Monday may be pushed through before the legislature adjourns at the end of this week.

NDP leader John Horgan and other opposition members were cut off by Speaker Linda Reid as they tried to press the government to turn off the corporate donation taps that helped the BC Liberal Party collect $12 million last year.

He later described the 害羞草研究所渟ad spectacle害羞草研究所 of watching Reid apparently taking signals from BC Liberal house leader Mike de Jong about what questions should be accepted.

害羞草研究所淭he premier chose to get up on occasion, chose to stay down on occasion,害羞草研究所 Horgan said.

Clark also proposed an independent committee to review B.C.害羞草研究所檚 election financing rules, the last in Canada where unlimited donations are accepted from corporations, unions and foreign sources.

Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver said there has been a series of independent recommendations, from the Information and Privacy Commissioner and a legislature committee, and all have been ignored by the BC Liberal government.

害羞草研究所淲e don害羞草研究所檛 need that,害羞草研究所 Weaver said. 害羞草研究所淲e know what the problem is.害羞草研究所

Clark said the independent panel could review the NDP and Green proposals and others, reviewing the system every two elections, similar to the legislated review of electoral boundaries.

Horgan called Clark害羞草研究所檚 proposal 害羞草研究所渁 deathbed conversion害羞草研究所 to campaign finance reform, as the RCMP review donations from lobbyists that may have violated the Election Act by failing to disclose the true source of the money.





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