Daphne Bramham: Cheaters never prosper? Well, some may because fines for breaking the local elections act aren\u0027t enough to dissuade them.
The penalties in B.C.’s Local Elections Financing Act are reasonable enough, considering that the rules are aimed at ensuring fairness and discouraging cheating. The maximum fine for organizations is $10,000. For individuals, it’s $5,000.Sign up to know what's really happening by reading daily editorials and commentary by British Columbia's opinion leadersBy clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The Network’s video ads cost $342 and had between 16,000 and 22,000 “impressions” on Facebook. They stated the group’s intention to “take back British Columbia from the radical left” and included images of now-defeated Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart, former premier John Horgan, and Premier David Eby.Adam Barnes, investigations director at Elections B.C., sent two letters — one for each offence — to the Network’s executive director, Micah Haince.
The Keep the RCMP in Surrey group was fined for failing to put on its advertising who had authorized its attack ads aimed at derailing Doug McCallum’s bid for re-election. Neither had the required information about who had authorized the material and how to contact that person.
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