In Surrey, fraud allegations are rocking the boat, while Vancouver voters risk drowning in a sea of independents.

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.

Zunera Ishaq may have taken her fight to wear a niqab at a citizenship ceremony to court, but she never expected she'd become the face of a major election issue.