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The NDP is proposing to cap election spending by parties at about $1.6 million — a move that would reduce campaign expenditures by millions of dollars and could have a significant impact on the next provincial vote in 2019.

At a meeting of the legislature’s special ethics and accountability committee on Wednesday, Calgary-Shaw MLA Graham Sucha put forward a motion that would impose a campaign spending limit of approximately 60 cents per elector, indexed to inflation.

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Based on Elections Alberta figures from April of this year, that would work out to nearly $1.6 million.

Sucha did not respond to an interview request Friday, but he told the committee earlier this week that the motion reflects the commitment of all MLAs “to getting big money out of politics.”