The B.C. economy—already facing what seems like the perfect economic storm of stagnant job growth, an acute skills shortage, and the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision on First Nation land title claims—can now add one more low-pressure system into that mix: the Mount Polley Mine disaster.

So how much is too much? It’s a question worth asking after B.C.’s political parties reported their 2012 fundraising hauls last week.