Third Party Advertising!!

I think that Elections BC should put a cap on how much a third party organization is allowed to spend in an election campaign. What is happening here in BC is getting ridiculous!!

Unions have been firing ads everywhere. They are bombarding their messages through radio waves, TV commercial slots, various printed media, and even door-to-door flyer drops.

The NDP has been claiming that they never have those "big corporations" backing them up, and they don't have "as much resources" as the BC Liberals to fight election campaigns. However, they forgot to mention "third party campaigning" from their union buddies.

Just to show you how ridiculous things are getting here in BC - the BCTF (BC Teachers' Federation) is spending $5 million on this election campaign. That is 25% more than a political party is allowed to spend.

Many unions, including the BCHEU, CUPE, BCGEU, some post-secondary student unions (i.e. Kwantlan Student Association), FPSE, CAW, B.C. Federation of Labour, etc., has put ads in the media and urge people to vote "somebody else" but not the "status-quo".

Is that a fair game?? Obviously not. I bet that if you add up the cost of all those union ads, the other side is spending at least 2 or 3 times more than the BC Liberals.......

On the other hand, somehow my head is ringing with an Arnold voice - telling me to "STOP WHINING"!!