The law created a $28 million public fund from which municipal candidates who agree to specific spending limits can be awarded matching funds.

She received $281,250 - more than twice as much as any other municipal candidate - and could receive up to $625,000 through the general election.

He also called for a ban on donations to municipal candidates and a reduction in the work week during the 1988 campaign.

The voluntary plan provides public matching funds for municipal candidates who agree to conform to limits on spending and private contributions.

His 2008 election biography also indicates that he has been a municipal candidate in Orillia.

That same year he was the only municipal candidate endorsed by the local Trades Council.

In the same month, he brought forward a motion calling for council to ban corporate and union donations to municipal candidates.

Under the new law, $4.5 million in public matching funds went to 37 municipal candidates who accepted strict limits on contributions and spending.

There were about 200 municipal candidates four years ago.

Q. Does a municipal candidate have to participate?