Requirement for Disclosure on Other Voting Campaigns

WHEREAS matters forwarded for the opinion or assent of the electors Vancouver Charter, Part II, Other Voting do not require that interest groups campaigning for either the yes or no side of the voting disclose campaign contributions or expenses; AND WHEREAS the public should be entitled to know the source, amount and nature of all contributions to these campaigns: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM petition the provincial government to amend the Local Government Act and the Vancouver Charter to amend the definition of campaign organizer to explicitly apply to the provisions of Part II Other Voting; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any amendments to the disclosure laws be made before the 2011 general local elections.