As funding begins for the next civic election, grey areas remain around donation rules

Elections BC says that anything related to a campaign has to be reported publicly. However, that reporting isn’t required until three months after the October, 2022, election

Although the next civic elections in B.C. are almost three years away, donors are already being asked to start giving to civic political parties, a move prompting at least one party to establish a new policy on reporting contributions on an annual basis.

Vancouver’s Non-Partisan Association was raising money that way months before the October, 2018, election. Provincial NDP Housing Minister Selina Robinson criticized the move as taking advantage of a “loophole,” but the government did nothing to change it.

Independent Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart has been getting donations already, said his chief of staff, Neil Monckton.

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