Vision Vancouver doesn't presently have a spending limit for its mayoral nomination campaign. But council nomination candidate Geoff Meggs thinks there should be. In an interview with Public Eye, Mr. Meggs said, "I think it's logical for Vision to have spending limits. We've advocated that for the city-at-large. And I think it makes sense in this case too because there's only so many dollars available for the democratic process. And if they get consumed in an all-out battle at one level, they may not be available for the election - which is where we would like to see it. And I'm worried as well about the capacity for people to participate when the costs get too high. So I think spending limits would be good. And it's not too late to have them."

"I think it's too late to say who you can take money from because people have already been accepting contributions based on the system we have in the city - which is not what Vision wanted," he continued. "But I think it's certainly not too late to (have limits) for the council race. Because, as far as I know, the only formally declared people are myself and Kerry Jang. And I don't think Kerry would have any problem with it. I can't speak for him. But I wouldn't have any problem with a reasonable limit."

Leaving aside such mechanical questions, Mr. Meggs then added the larger and "critical question for the membership is who's best to be able to lead the entire organization forward into the main election. And there's going to be two chances to put the Vision team together - one is the mayoralty nomination and the second is the council one. But there's a lot of questions in front of the whole organization which is growing by the day. And the more opportunity the members have to see and hear from all the candidates the better I think. Because we do want to make sure the organization stays as united as possible going forward.

Earlier today, Mr. Meggs also suggested the civic party "should allow its members to vote in polling stations across the city when they select Vision’s mayoralty candidate."