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Almost two weeks after the B.C. NDP government introduced a bill to ban big money from provincial elections, municipal politicians from across B.C. voted to do the same for local government election campaigns.

Delegates at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference on Thursday passed a resolution calling on the province to implement reforms to campaign finance regulations, in consultation with the UBCM.

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“The thrust of it is banning union and corporate donations in municipal elections, period,” said Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, an ardent supporter of the motion, which was drafted by a councillor from the District of Oak Bay.

The resolution came before delegates on Wednesday, but after much debate and an amendment it was referred back to the UBCM executive, which Helps said was a surprise and disappointment.

Helps said she and others feared that if a resolution was not passed during this conference, changes would not be made in time for the 2018 municipal election.