Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.8
Leadership campaign return 478.8 (1) A leadership contestant’s financial agent shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the following in respect of a leadership contest: (a) a leadership campaign return, in the prescribed form, on the financing and leadership campaign expenses for the leadership campaign; (b) the auditor’s report on the return, if one is required under subsection 478.83(1); (c) a declaration in the prescribed form by the financial agent that the return is complete and accurate; and (d) a declaration in the prescribed form by the leadership contestant that the return is complete and accurate. Contents of return (2) The leadership campaign return shall set out (a) a statement of leadership contest expenses; (a.1) a statement of litigation expenses that includes an indication of which of those expenses were paid other than from the bank account referred to in subsection 478.72(1) and the source of the funds used to pay them; (a.2) a statement of travel and living expenses; (a.3) a statement of personal expenses that includes an indication of which of those expenses were paid other than from the bank account referred to in subsection 478.72(1) and the source of the funds used to pay them; (a.4) a statement of leadership campaign expenses, other than the expenses referred to in paragraphs (a) to (a.3); (b) a statement of claims that are the subject of proceedings under section 478.79; (c) a statement of unpaid claims, including those resulting from loans made to the leadership contestant under section 373; (d) a statement of the terms and conditions of each loan made to the leadership contestant under section 373, including the amount of the loan, the interest rate, the lender’s name and address, the dates and amounts of repayments of principal and payments of interest, the unpaid principal remaining at the end of each calendar year and, if there is a guarantor, the guarantor’s name and address and the amount guaranteed; (e) the total amount of contributions received by the leadership contestant; (f) the number of contributors; (g) the name and address of each contributor who made contributions of a total amount of more than $200 to the leadership contestant, that total amount, as well as the amount of each of those contributions and the date on which the contestant received it; (h) the name and address of each contributor who made a contribution that includes a directed contribution as defined in subsection 365(2) out of which an amount has been transferred by the party to the contestant, the amount of the contribution, the amount of the directed contribution and the amount transferred, as well as the dates of the receipt of the contribution and of the transfer; (i) a statement of the funds transferred by the leadership contestant to a registered party or a registered association; (j) a statement of the commercial value of goods or services provided and of funds transferred to the leadership contestant by a registered party or a registered association; and (k) a statement of contributions received but returned in whole or in part to the contributors or otherwise dealt with in accordance with this Act. Supporting documents (3) Together with the leadership campaign return, the leadership contestant’s financial agent shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with documents evidencing expenses set out in the return, including bank statements, deposit slips, cancelled cheques and the contestant’s written statement referred to in subsection 478.85(1). Additional supporting documents (4) If the Chief Electoral Officer is of the opinion that the documents provided under subsection (3) are not sufficient, he or she may require the financial agent to provide by a specified date any additional documents that are necessary for the financial agent to comply with that subsection. Report (5) If there is any amendment to the information in a statement referred to in paragraph (2)(d), including with respect to the giving of