Attorney-General Shirley Bond says the BC government will not appeal the latest rejection of its attempt to place spending limits on any political advertising before an election campaign.
But Bond still defends the goal of the law: preventing big money from dominating those pre-campaign discussions.
“Our concerns always have been that this is about fairness and it is about making sure that when there is public debate prior to a provincial election it isn’t dominated by those organizations or individuals who have greater wealth.”
The BC Court of Appeal found the limits on political ads for some 40 days before an election campaign even began were unconstitutional.
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