Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 2
Definitions 2 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this Act. advance poll means a vote held under Part 10. ( vote par anticipation ) advance polling station means a polling station established under subsection 168(3). ( bureau de vote par anticipation ) broadcaster means a person who is licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission under the Broadcasting Act to carry on a programming undertaking. ( radiodiffuseur ) broadcasting means broadcasting, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act , that is regulated and supervised by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission pursuant to section 5 of that Act. ( radiodiffusion ) Broadcasting Arbitrator means the person appointed as Broadcasting Arbitrator under subsection 332(1). ( arbitre ) by-election means an election other than a general election. ( élection partielle ) candidate means a person whose nomination as a candidate at an election has been confirmed under subsection 71(1) and who, or whose official agent, has not yet complied with sections 477.59 to 477.72 and 477.8 to 477.84 in respect of that election. ( candidat ) capital asset means any property with a commercial value of more than $200 that (a) in the case of a registered party, an electoral district association or a candidate, is normally used outside an election period other than for the purposes of an election; (b) in the case of a nomination contestant, is normally used outside a nomination contest other than for the purposes of a nomination contest; and (c) in the case of a leadership contestant, is normally used outside a leadership contest other than for the purposes of a leadership contest. ( bien immobilisé ) chief agent means the chief agent named in the application of a political party to become a registered party as required under paragraph 385(2)(h) or a chief agent’s replacement appointed under subsection 400(1). ( agent principal ) close of nominations means the deadline for the receipt of nominations set out in subsection 70(2). ( clôture des candidatures ) closing day for nominations means the day referred to in section 69. ( jour de clôture ) commercial value , in relation to property or a service, means the lowest amount charged at the time that it was provided for the same kind and quantity of property or service or for the same usage of property or money, by (a) the person who provided it, if the person is in the business of providing that property or service; or (b) another person who provides that property or service on a commercial basis in the area where it was provided, if the person who provided the property or service is not in that business. ( valeur commerciale ) Commissioner means the Commissioner of Canada Elections appointed under subsection 509(1). ( commissaire ) common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year. ( conjoint de fait ) contribution means a monetary contribution or a non-monetary contribution. ( contribution ) election means an election of a member to serve in the House of Commons. ( élection ) election advertising means the transmission to the public by any means during an election period of an advertising message that promotes or opposes a registered party or the election of a candidate, including by taking a position on an issue with which a registered party or candidate 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 directly by a person or a group to their members, emplo