As bad as it is in BC, is the federal elections any worse? The donation rules don't seem to be offering much resistance to the big businesses who are pushing governments to act in their interests. Nor does it stop Third party advertising that has zero accountability or spending limits. Pretty simple way around the election laws. Donate $25 to a party then turn around and spend 100000s on television, print and radio media blitzes on the dirtest attack ads they can think of. 
Until our elections are cleaned up at the federal level can we really expect that provincial elcetions will be any different? Change the voting system and make MPs/MLAs accountable to their constituents!