Changes to the Municipal Elections Act will require candidates in the 2018 Peterborough election to comply with a new set of campaign finance rules.

Without a change in government, British Columbia is likely to remain a "wild west" of campaign finance, where wealthy corporations and unions are free to donate unlimited amounts of money to curry favour with provincial politicians, experts say.

Donald Trump's presidential campaign has been accused of breaking campaign finance laws by soliciting money from politicians and other people in several countries.