Few incumbents favour ban on corporate contributions

Fair Vote Canada surveyed 474 municipal councillors and mayors in Ontario's 42 largest cities, not including Toronto - asking if they supported a ban on corporate and union campaign contributions in municipal elections.

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Supporting citizen centered campaigns

• Ban corporate and union contributions
• Financial contributors to a candidate’s campaign must be of voting age
• Financial contributors to a candidate’s campaign must reside within the municipality where the candidate is nominated
• Ban the self-financing of campaigns
• Limit the number of contributions by a single contributor

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Improving transparency

• Require the posting of campaign financial statements on city websites
• Require that contributors disclose their home address.

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Improving regulation and oversight

• Establish an office to review campaign financial statements for omissions and errors
• Independent campaign finance audit committee.

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Controlling campaign costs

• Include all campaign expenditures under the limit.
• Keeping campaign expenditure limits low

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Controlling spending on behalf of candidates

• Third party spending must be regulated.

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Closing loopholes and increasing fairness

• Carrying forward campaign surpluses must be ended.
• Regulating campaign deficits
• The value of paid volunteer labour must be included as a contribution from the employer

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Supporting campaigns

• Require municipalities to create a contribution rebate program

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Enhancing democracy and promoting citizen involvement in municipal politics

• Change the Municipal Elections Act to allow the formation of parties

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