City Hall for Sale
Tyee investigative editor Monte Paulsen details the skyrocketing cost per vote -- $30 and rising -- spent by parties campaigning in Vancouver municipal elections, and the lax regulations that allow virtually unlimited contributions with little public scrutiny.
In This Series
Vancouver Election Spending Out of Control
Prone to fraud, few limits, and a whopping $30 spent per vote. A Tyee special report.
Vision Pushes Ban on Big Campaign Cash Sources
Council to debate ban on corporate and union donations.
Vision Discloses Interim Fundraising
Developers made largest donations, unions gave less than three per cent.
How to Fix Campaign Finance
Banning corporate and union participation is not the answer. Here are five ways to improve B.C.'s municipal elections.
Girls Gone Geek in Vancouver
Take in a night of 'nerdlesque,' a burlesque bonanza for the cerebral crowd.
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