direct contributions are banned. The Teamsters/BCTF/etc and Onni/Aquilini/Rennie/etc can still pay their members/staff to go door to door etc.

"Third parties are permitted to canvass and knock on doors. They are permitted to pay people to do that. What they can not do is conduct those activities on behalf of a candidate or an elector organization," said Western.

[Using a fictional candidate to explain, Western said as long as people campaign independently and have not spoken with the candidate, they are free to do what these union staffers are doing.

"They happen to like Joe, so they have people knocking on doors saying we think you should vote for Joe, but they are not doing it with Joe," she said.](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/union-staff-canvassing-for-vancouver-mayoral-candidate-aren-t-breaking-any-rules-1.4854323) - Nola Western, deputy chief electoral officer Elections BC