


They've been charged with drafting a new local election act.īoth leaders proudly hail from remote corners of the province: Bennett is a former fishing guide from Cranbrook, Nyce is Nisga'a leader from a village in the Nass Valley north of Terrace.

Nice is incoming president of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Does a free Google pop-up qualify as campaign advertising? When must a campaign blog disclose its allegiance? Can social media such as Facebook and Twitter ever be successfully regulated by a provincial government?Īnd does anyone besides Premier Gordon Campbell believe that Bill Bennett and Harry Nyce are the best prepared British Columbians to sort out these and other thorny questions about how to regulate political campaigns in the Internet age?īennett is Minister of Community and Rural Development.
