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Donald Trump was hammered last week for soliciting political donations from foreigners.

Trump’s presidential campaign sent money-seeking emails to tens of thousands of non-American politicians and others, including, amusingly, some Vancouver Sun and Province staff.

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Trump did so even though it’s against U.S. law for any candidate to solicit money from foreign nationals.

Too bad — at least for Trump — that he is not based in British Columbia.

If he were, he would just be doing what is normal.

B.C. is one of the few jurisdictions in the world that welcomes political donations from foreign individuals and corporations.

The B.C. Liberals have in recent years received hundreds of thousands of dollars from offshore real estate developers, mining companies, railways and others. At least indirectly, the B.C. Liberals have even received donations from foreign governments, specifically China.