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B.C. Government Could Learn A Few Things From Neighbour Alberta

There's no shortage of problems for a public consultation on electoral issues to consider.
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B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan walks to speak to reporters while bringing voters to a polling station to vote in the provincial election, in Coqutilam, B.C., on Tuesday May 9, 2017.
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A young girl walks in front of British Columbia's New Democratic Party leader John Horgan while he addresses supporters during a campaign stop at a hotel in Surrey, B.C., May 8, 2017.
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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley takes part in the First Ministers meeting in Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 9, 2016.

The province's Wild West political culture has left a distorted reality of donations and party spending, especially when compared to the rest of Canada.

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A voter arrives at a polling station on a bike to cast their ballot in the provincial election in the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview, in Vancouver, B.C., on May 9, 2017.

After the count, it's important for the public to feel confident that whichever party won, did so fair and square.

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