Ottawa Citizen
🏢 Postmedia
📍 ON
Jun 9, 2026
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Are Ontario's municipal campaign spending limits too low?
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Chad Bowie is the founder of The Bowie Group and the president of the Canadian Council of Campaign Consultants, which would like to see higher spending limits for municipal election campaigns. The current limitations disadvantage non-incumbents, who don't have name recognition, Bowie argues. PHOTO BY JEAN LEVAC /Postmedia Article content Spending limits for municipal elections are “dangerously low,” according to a newly-formed association of campaign professionals. Article content Strict spending limits “fall far short of what is required to run a competitive, modern campaign,” according to th…
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