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Minister @KayceeMaduYEG : the Local Elections consultations your Ministry put out raised the idea of different rules for different sized municipalities. This was a GREAT idea. Why don't we see it in the Legislation? Because... (1/7) #ableg https://twitter.com/KayceeMaduYEG/status/1275899686444916737
Maybe Bill 29 will level the playing field in the big cities. But in smaller municipalities: it will have the opposite effect. Our campaigns cost less money, so new limits are WAY too big for our elections where winning campaigns typically cost less than $10,000. (2/7)
New limits will allow a well financed campaign be funded by just two donors giving $5000 each. It would be very easy for a very small group of people to "buy" multiple candidates. (3/7)
OR, new limits will allow a candidate to completely self-finance a relatively expensive campaign. Someone with lots of disposable wealth has a HUGE advantage over someone who does not have money to dump into a run for office. (4/7)
& if I run for office again, these rules will make it harder for a new candidate without wealth or fundraising experience to challenge me. That's not leveling the playing field. That's entrenching incumbents. Which isn't good: I want us to be more, not less, accountable. (5/7)
That being said: I do REALLY like that you are limiting the amount of money that can be rolled over to future campaigns to $1000. That is a great change. (6/7)
But overall, for our community: Bill 29 is a huge undermining of our local democracy. I hope to see you change course.
More on my big concerns with Bill 29: (7/7) http://bressey.ca/blog/2020/bigmoney
More on my big concerns with Bill 29: (7/7) http://bressey.ca/blog/2020/bigmoney
