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Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 348.12
Publication 348.12 (1) As soon as feasible but no later than 30 days after polling day, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission shall, in the manner that it considers appropriate, publish the registration notices relating to the election that have been filed with it. Clarification (2) Nothing in subsection (1) precludes the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission from publishing, before polling day, any registration notice filed with it or any information related to any incomplete registration notice that is filed with it. 2014, c. 12, s. 76 2018, c. 31, s. 216
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 348.13
Delegation 348.13 (1) The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission may, in writing and on any terms it specifies, delegate to any person any of the powers, duties and functions referred to in sections 348.11 and 348.12 . Revocation (2) The Commission may, in writing, revoke a delegation made under subsection (1). 2014, c. 12, s. 76
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 348.14
Authorization of types of identification 348.14 The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission may authorize the types of pieces of identification and of copies of such pieces of identification for the purposes of sections 348.03 to 348.05 and 348.07 to 348.09 . 2014, c. 12, s. 76
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 348.15
Disclosure to Commissioner 348.15 The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission shall, on the request of the Commissioner, disclose to the Commissioner any document or information that it received under this Division that the Commissioner considers necessary for the purpose of ensuring compliance with and enforcement of this Act, other than this Division. 2014, c. 12, s. 76
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 348.16
Calling service provider — agreement 348.16 Every calling service provider that, in accordance with an agreement, provides voter contact calling services shall keep, for three years after the end of the election period, (a) a copy of each unique script used in live voice calls made under the agreement and a record of every date on which the script was used; (b) a recording of each unique message conveyed by an automatic dialing-announcing device that is used to make calls under the agreement and a record of every date on which it was so conveyed; and (c) a list of every telephone number called under the agreement during the election period. 2014, c. 12, s. 77 2018, c. 31, s. 218
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 348.17
Person or group — agreement 348.17 Every person or group that enters into an agreement with a calling service provider under which voter contact calling services are provided shall keep, for one year after the end of the election period, (a) a copy of each unique script used in live voice calls made under the agreement and a record of every date on which the script was used; (b) a recording of each unique message conveyed by an automatic dialing-announcing device that is used to make calls under the agreement and a record of every date on which it was so conveyed; and (c) a list of every telephone number called under the agreement during the election period. 2014, c. 12, s. 77 2018, c. 31, s. 219
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 348.18
Person or group — internal services 348.18 If, during an election period, a person or group uses their internal services to make calls by means of an automatic dialing-announcing device for any purpose relating to the election, including a purpose referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of the definition voter contact calling services in section 348.01, the person or group shall keep, for one year after the end of the election period, (a) a recording of each unique message conveyed by the device and a record of every date on which it was so conveyed; and (b) a list of every telephone number called for that purpose during the election period. 2014, c. 12, s. 77 2018, c. 31, s. 220
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 348.19
Third party that is corporation or group — internal services 348.19 If, during an election period, a third party that is a corporation or group uses its internal services to make live voice calls for any purpose relating to the election, including a purpose referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of the definition voter contact calling services in section 348.01, the third party shall, if a script is used, keep, for one year after the end of the election period, (a) a copy of each unique script used and a record of every date on which the script was used; and (b) a list of every telephone number called for that purpose during the election period. 2014, c. 12, s. 77 2018, c. 31, s. 220
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
election advertising [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 222]
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
election advertising expense [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 222]
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
election survey means an election survey that is conducted by, or caused to be conducted by, a third party — a person or group other than a political party that is registered under an Act of a province — during a pre-election period or an election period and whose results the person or group takes into account (a) in deciding whether or not to organize and carry out partisan activities or to transmit partisan advertising messages or election advertising messages; or (b) in their organization and carrying out of those activities or their transmission of those messages. ( sondage électoral )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
election survey expense means an expense incurred in respect of the conducting of an election survey (a) in Division 1, during a pre-election period; (b) in Division 2, during an election period; and (c) in Division 3, during either a pre-election period or an election period. ( dépenses de sondage électoral )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
expenses means (a) amounts paid; (b) liabilities incurred; (c) the commercial value of property and services, other than volunteer labour, that are donated or provided; and (d) amounts that represent the difference between an amount paid or a liability incurred for property and services, other than volunteer labour, and the commercial value of the property and services, when they are provided at less than their commercial value. ( dépenses )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
group means an unincorporated trade union, trade association or other group of persons acting together by mutual consent for a common purpose. ( groupe )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
partisan activity means an activity, including canvassing door-to-door, making telephone calls to electors and organizing rallies, that is carried out by a third party — a person or group other than a political party that is registered under an Act of a province — and that promotes or opposes a registered party or eligible party or the election of a potential candidate, nomination contestant, candidate or leader of a registered party or eligible party, otherwise than by taking a position on an issue with which any such party or person is associated. It does not include election advertising, partisan advertising or a fundraising activity. ( activité partisane )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
partisan activity expense means an expense incurred in respect of the organization and carrying out of a partisan activity. ( dépenses d’activité partisane )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
registered third party means a third party that is registered under section 349.6 or 353. ( tiers enregistré )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
third party means (a) in Division 0.1, a person or a group other than (i) during an election period, a candidate, a registered party or an electoral district association of a registered party, and (ii) outside of an election period, (A) a registered party or eligible party or a registered association, (B) a potential candidate within the meaning of paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of the definition potential candidate in subsection 2(1), or (C) a nomination contestant; (a.1) in Division 1, a person or a group other than (i) a registered party or eligible party or a registered association, (ii) a potential candidate within the meaning of paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of the definition potential candidate in subsection 2(1), or (iii) a nomination contestant; and (b) in Division 2, a person or a group other than a candidate, a registered party or an electoral district association of a registered party. ( tiers )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.01
Definitions 349.01 (1) The following definitions apply in this Division. advertising means the transmission to the public by any means of an advertising message that promotes or opposes a registered party or eligible party or the election of a potential candidate, nomination contestant, candidate or leader of a registered party or eligible party, otherwise than by taking a position on an issue with which any such party or person is associated. For greater certainty, it does not include (a) the transmission to the public of an editorial, a debate, a speech, an interview, a column, a letter, a commentary or news; (b) the distribution of a book, or the promotion of the sale of a book, for no less than its commercial value, if the book was planned to be made available to the public regardless of whether there was to be an election; (c) the transmission of a document by a Senator or a member the expense of which is paid by the Senate or House of Commons; (d) the transmission of a document directly by a person or a group to their members, employees or shareholders, as the case may be; (e) the transmission by an individual, on a non-commercial basis on the Internet, of his or her personal political views; or (f) the making of telephone calls to electors only to encourage them to vote. ( publicité ) foreign entity includes (a) an individual who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ; (b) a corporation or entity incorporated, formed or otherwise organized outside Canada that does not carry on business in Canada or whose only activity carried on in Canada consists of doing anything to influence electors to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at an election; (c) a trade union that does not hold bargaining rights for employees in Canada; (d) a foreign political party; or (e) a foreign government or an agent or mandatary of one. ( entité étrangère ) Definition of advertising (2) For the purposes of the definition advertising , promoting or opposing includes (a) in relation to a registered party or eligible party, (i) naming it, (ii) identifying it, including by its logo, and (iii) providing a link to an Internet page that does anything referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii); and (b) in relation to the election of a potential candidate, nomination contestant, candidate or leader of a registered party or eligible party, (i) naming him or her, (ii) showing a photograph, cartoon or drawing of him or her, (iii) identifying him or her, including by political affiliation or by any logo that he or she has, and (iv) providing a link to an Internet page that does anything referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (iii). 2018, c. 31, s. 223
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
advertising means the transmission to the public by any means of an advertising message that promotes or opposes a registered party or eligible party or the election of a potential candidate, nomination contestant, candidate or leader of a registered party or eligible party, otherwise than by taking a position on an issue with which any such party or person is associated. For greater certainty, it does not include (a) the transmission to the public of an editorial, a debate, a speech, an interview, a column, a letter, a commentary or news; (b) the distribution of a book, or the promotion of the sale of a book, for no less than its commercial value, if the book was planned to be made available to the public regardless of whether there was to be an election; (c) the transmission of a document by a Senator or a member the expense of which is paid by the Senate or House of Commons; (d) the transmission of a document directly by a person or a group to their members, employees or shareholders, as the case may be; (e) the transmission by an individual, on a non-commercial basis on the Internet, of his or her personal political views; or (f) the making of telephone calls to electors only to encourage them to vote. ( publicité )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
foreign entity includes (a) an individual who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ; (b) a corporation or entity incorporated, formed or otherwise organized outside Canada that does not carry on business in Canada or whose only activity carried on in Canada consists of doing anything to influence electors to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at an election; (c) a trade union that does not hold bargaining rights for employees in Canada; (d) a foreign political party; or (e) a foreign government or an agent or mandatary of one. ( entité étrangère )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.02
Prohibition — use of foreign funds 349.02 No third party shall use funds for a partisan activity, for advertising, for election advertising or for an election survey if the source of the funds is a foreign entity. 2018, c. 31, s. 223
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.03
Prohibition — circumventing prohibition on use of foreign funds 349.03 No third party shall (a) circumvent, or attempt to circumvent, the prohibition under section 349.02; or (b) act in collusion with another person or entity for that purpose. 2018, c. 31, s. 223
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.1
Maximum pre-election period expenses 349.1 (1) Subject to section 349.4, a third party shall not incur the following expenses in an aggregate amount of more than $700,000: (a) partisan activity expenses in relation to partisan activities that are carried out during a pre-election period; (b) partisan advertising expenses in relation to partisan advertising messages that are transmitted during that period; and (c) election survey expenses in relation to election surveys that are conducted during that period. Maximum pre-election period expenses — electoral district (2) Not more than $7,000 of the maximum amount referred to in subsection (1) shall be incurred to promote or oppose the election of one or more potential candidates or nomination contestants in a given electoral district. Expenses — party leader (3) The maximum amount set out in subsection (2) only applies to an amount incurred with respect to a leader of a registered party or eligible party to the extent that it is incurred to promote or oppose his or her election in an electoral district. Third party inflation adjustment factor (4) The amounts referred to in subsections (1) and (2) shall be multiplied by the inflation adjustment factor referred to in section 384 that is in effect on the first day of the pre-election period. 2018, c. 31, s. 223
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.2
Prohibition — circumventing maximum amount 349.2 A third party shall not circumvent, or attempt to circumvent, a maximum amount set out in section 349.1 in any manner, including by splitting itself into two or more third parties for the purpose of circumventing the maximum amount or acting in collusion with another third party so that their combined partisan activity expenses, partisan advertising expenses and election survey expenses exceed the maximum amount. 2018, c. 31, s. 223
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.3
Prohibition — collusion with registered party 349.3 (1) No third party and no registered party shall act in collusion with each other — including by sharing information — in order to influence the third party in its partisan activities that it carries out during a pre-election period, its partisan advertising or its election surveys that it conducts or causes to be conducted during a pre-election period. Prohibition — collusion with potential candidate (2) No third party and no potential candidate shall act in collusion with each other — including by sharing information — in order to influence the third party in its partisan activities that it carries out during a pre-election period, its partisan advertising or its election surveys that it conducts or causes to be conducted during a pre-election period. Prohibition — collusion with associated person (3) No third party and no person associated with a potential candidate’s activities undertaken with a view to the potential candidate’s eventual election — including an official agent of a potential candidate who is deemed to be a candidate under section 477 — shall act in collusion with each other — including by sharing information — in order to influence the third party in its partisan activities that it carries out during a pre-election period, its partisan advertising or its election surveys that it conducts or causes to be conducted during a pre-election period. 2018, c. 31, s. 223
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.4
Prohibition — spending by foreign third parties 349.4 (1) A foreign third party shall not incur the following expenses: (a) partisan activity expenses in relation to a partisan activity that is carried out during a pre-election period; (b) partisan advertising expenses in relation to a partisan advertising message that is transmitted during that period; and (c) election survey expenses in relation to an election survey that is conducted during that period. Definition of foreign third party (2) In subsection (1), a foreign third party is a third party in respect of which (a) if the third party is an individual, the individual (i) is not a Canadian citizen, (ii) is not a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act , and (iii) does not reside in Canada; (b) if the third party is a corporation or entity, (i) it does not carry on business in Canada, or its only activity carried on in Canada during a pre-election period consists of doing anything to influence electors during that period to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at the following election, and (ii) it was incorporated, formed or otherwise organized outside Canada; and (c) if the third party is a group, no person who is responsible for the group (i) is a Canadian citizen, (ii) is a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act , or (iii) resides in Canada. 2018, c. 31, s. 223
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.5
Advertising to name third party 349.5 A third party shall include — in a manner that is clearly visible or otherwise accessible — in any partisan advertising message placed by it its name, its telephone number, either its civic or its Internet address and an indication in or on the message that it has authorized its transmission. 2018, c. 31, s. 223
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.7
Appointment of financial agent 349.7 (1) A third party that is required to register under subsection 349.6(1) shall appoint a financial agent, who may be a person who is authorized to sign an application for registration made under that subsection. Financial agent — ineligible persons (2) The following persons are not eligible to be a financial agent of a third party: (a) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer; (b) a potential candidate or — if the potential candidate is deemed to be a candidate under section 477 — their official agent; (c) the chief agent of a registered party or eligible party; (d) a registered agent of a registered party; (e) a nomination contestant or their financial agent; (f) a leadership contestant or their leadership campaign agent; and (g) a person who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act . 2018, c. 31, s. 223
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.8
Requirement to appoint auditor 349.8 (1) A third party that is required to register under subsection 349.6(1) shall appoint an auditor without delay if it incurs the following expenses in an aggregate amount of $10,000 or more: (a) partisan activity expenses in relation to partisan activities that are carried out during a pre-election period; (b) partisan advertising expenses in relation to partisan advertising messages that are transmitted during that period; and (c) election survey expenses in relation to election surveys that are conducted during that period. Eligibility criteria (2) The following are eligible to be an auditor for a third party: (a) a person who is a member in good standing of a corporation, an association or an institute of professional accountants; or (b) a partnership every partner of which is a member in good standing of a corporation, an association or an institute of professional accountants. Auditor — ineligible persons (3) The following persons are not eligible to be an auditor for a third party: (a) the third party’s financial agent; (b) a person who signed the application made under subsection 349.6(2); (c) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer; (d) a potential candidate or — if the potential candidate is deemed to be a candidate under section 477 — their official agent; (e) the chief agent of a registered party or eligible party; (f) a registered agent of a registered party; (g) a nomination contestant or their financial agent; and (h) a leadership contestant or their leadership campaign agent. Notification of appointment (4) Every third party, without delay after an auditor is appointed, shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the auditor’s name, address, telephone number and occupation and a declaration signed by the auditor accepting the appointment. New auditor (5) If a third party’s auditor is replaced, it shall, without delay, provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the new auditor’s name, address, telephone number and occupation and a declaration signed by the new auditor accepting the appointment. 2018, c. 31, s. 223
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 349.9
Responsibilities of financial agent 349.9 (1) Every contribution made during a pre-election period to a registered third party for partisan activity, partisan advertising or election survey purposes shall be accepted by its financial agent, and every partisan activity expense, partisan advertising expense or election survey expense incurred during a pre-election period on behalf of a registered third party shall be authorized by its financial agent. Delegation (2) A financial agent may authorize a person to accept contributions or to authorize the incurring of partisan activity expenses, partisan advertising expenses or election survey expenses, but that authorization does not limit the financial agent’s responsibility. 2018, c. 31, s. 223