MORE join the call for electoral reform

Don't you just love it when a great idea begins to take root and grow??

For many many years some workers have said their union dues should not be going to help finance election campaigns for parties they don't believe in ... others have said that businesses and corporation should not be making campaign donations either.

I believe they are right on both counts.

So does John Cummins and the BC Conservative Party who earlier in the year indicated that a BC Conservative government will enact legislation banning donations from unions and business to political parties.

I'm bringing this up today because, like I say, a good idea will take root and grow.  In recent weeks Integrity BC has begun a campaign "Who Really Runs BC"

Their initial media release on this campaign stated:

Jim Pattison is a multimillionaire -- he obviously likes to make money -- so why the ban??

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??