Sentences with phrase «municipal election spending»

While other provinces, most recently Ontario, and the federal government have moved to take big money out of politics, the Christy Clark government has not only said no to banning union and corporate donations, and no to municipal election spending limits — it has moved to eliminate pre-election spending limits in the 60 days prior to an election.

Not exact matches

The level of spending by some candidates in the last municipal election was described as «insane» by Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, after some Calgary city council candidates raised more than $ 270,000 largely through corporate donations.

While the rules governing third - party campaigns in provincial elections are problematic, the provincial government needs to lay out fair rules governing financial disclosures and amounts that third - party campaigns and lobby groups can spend influencing voters in municipal elections.

During the last election cycle, RPAC raised and contributed more than $ 2 million dollars to federal candidates, making it the eighth largest PAC; but many of the organizations ranked above NAR in the Fortune 25 power list, such as the AFL - CIO, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, and the American Medical Association, spent more money than RPAC.