Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 2
san advertising means the transmission to the public by any means during a pre-election period of an advertising message that promotes or opposes a registered party or eligible party or the election of a potential candidate, nomination contestant 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 partisane ) partisan advertising expense means an expense incurred in relation to (a) the production of a partisan advertising message; and (b) the transmission of a partisan advertising message to the public. ( dépenses de publicité partisane ) periodical publication means a paper, magazine or periodical that is published periodically or in parts or numbers and that contains public news, intelligence or reports of events, or advertisements. ( publication périodique ) personal information means personal information as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act . ( renseignements personnels ) political affiliation , in respect of a candidate, means the name of the political party that has endorsed him or her or the word “independent”, as the case may be, included in the nomination paper in accordance with subparagraph 66(1)(a)(v). ( appartenance politique ) political party means an organization one of whose fundamental purposes is to participate in public affairs by endorsing one or more of its members as candidates and supporting their election. ( parti politique ) polling day , in relation to an election, means the date fixed for voting at the election under paragraph 57(1.2)(c) or subsection 59(4) or 77(2). ( jour du scrutin ) polling division means a polling division referred to in section 538. ( section de vote ) polling station means a place established under section 120, 122, 125, 205, 206, 207, 253 or 255 for electors to cast their votes. ( bureau de scrutin ) potential candidate means a person whose nomination as a candidate at an election has not been confirmed under subsection 71(1) but who (a) is selected in a nomination contest; (b) is deemed to be a candidate under section 477; (c) is a member or, if Parliament is dissolved, was a member on the day before the dissolution; or (d) has the support of a political party to be a candidate of that party. ( candidat potentiel ) pre-election period means the period beginning on the June 30 before the day set in accordance with subsection 56.1(2) for the holding of a general election and ending on the day before the earlier of (a) the first day of an election period for a general election, and (b) the 37th day before the Monday referred to in subsection 56.1(2) or, if the Governor in Council makes an order under subsection 56.2(3), the 37th day before the alternate day referred to in that order. ( période préélectorale ) preliminary list of electors means the list of electors prepared by the Chief Electoral Officer under subsection 93(1). ( liste électorale préliminaire ) prescribed , in relation to a form or a solemn declaration, means one that is authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer. ( prescrit ) recount means a recount of votes by a