Removing Cap on Candidate Contribution to Their Own Campaign

Whereas under the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act LECFA, candidate contribution limits have been established which now put a cap on how much a candidate may contribute to his or her own campaign; And whereas candidates who wish to fund their own campaigns without seeking external campaign contributions are now extremely limited in how much they can spend on their campaigns: Therefore be it resolved that the Province amend the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act to raise the cap on how much a candidate may contribute to his or her own campaign from 1,200 to 5,000 per year.