We live in a free society where free enterprise provides us with the
businesses we can shop at, for the goods and services we require. That said, we are also free to determine
where we will shop, and spend our hard earned dollars.
I say this because Integrity BC is currently running a campaign called “Who Really Runs BC”.
The purpose of
the campaign is to have the BC government, "... amend the province's
electoral finance laws to ban donations by both big business and big unions to
BC's political parties, to cap annual individual donations and to appoint a
Citizens' Assembly to make binding recommendations on a host of additional
reforms."
As they say on their website, “each of these steps will help restore accountability, transparency and integrity to BC politics, because by bringing the influence of big money to an end we can change BC politics – for the better."
Integrity BC is running advertising promoting the "Who Really Runs
BC?” campaign, however the Jim Pattison sign company, one of the largest in the world, refuses to run it. That campaign again is
calling for a ban of donations by BOTH unions and business to political
parties.
The Jim Pattison Group has $7.2 billion in sales, and employs 33,000 people in 455 locations. Jim Pattison is a multimillionaire -- he obviously likes to make money -- so why the ban??
I say this because Integrity BC is currently running a campaign called “Who Really Runs BC”.
As they say on their website, “each of these steps will help restore accountability, transparency and integrity to BC politics, because by bringing the influence of big money to an end we can change BC politics – for the better."
The Jim Pattison Group has $7.2 billion in sales, and employs 33,000 people in 455 locations. Jim Pattison is a multimillionaire -- he obviously likes to make money -- so why the ban??
