Opposition members were repeatedly ruled out of order in the B.C. legislature Monday as they demanded the BC Liberal government reform the province鈥檚 campaign finance laws by banning 鈥渂ig money鈥� donations from corporations and unions.

Premier Christy Clark revealed her own version of reform instead, legislation to force all parties to disclose donations within two weeks of receiving them, as the BC Liberal Party started doing in January.

鈥淚n my view this should happen before the next election,鈥� Clark said, suggesting that Election Act amendments introduced Monday may be pushed through before the legislature adjourns at the end of this week.

NDP leader John Horgan and other opposition members were cut off by Speaker Linda Reid as they tried to press the government to turn off the corporate donation taps that helped the BC Liberal Party collect $12 million last year.

He later described the 鈥渟ad spectacle鈥� of watching Reid apparently taking signals from BC Liberal house leader Mike de Jong about what questions should be accepted.

鈥淭he premier chose to get up on occasion, chose to stay down on occasion,鈥� Horgan said.

Clark also proposed an independent committee to review B.C.鈥檚 election financing rules, the last in Canada where unlimited donations are accepted from corporations, unions and foreign sources.

Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver said there has been a series of independent recommendations, from the Information and Privacy Commissioner and a legislature committee, and all have been ignored by the BC Liberal government.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 need that,鈥� Weaver said. 鈥淲e know what the problem is.鈥�

Clark said the independent panel could review the NDP and Green proposals and others, reviewing the system every two elections, similar to the legislated review of electoral boundaries.

Horgan called Clark鈥檚 proposal 鈥渁 deathbed conversion鈥� to campaign finance reform, as the RCMP review donations from lobbyists that may have violated the Election Act by failing to disclose the true source of the money.