An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (election advertising)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Kevin Lamoureux  Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Defeated, as of Dec. 10, 2014
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Elections Act to require candidates and registered parties that transmit election advertising to the public, whether during an election period or not, to specify in the advertising that they authorize its content. It also requires third parties that transmit election advertising to the public, whether during an election period or not, to specify in the advertising that they are responsible for its content.

Similar bills

C-524 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (election advertising)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-524s:

C-524 (2010) Survivor's Annual Allowance Act
C-524 (2008) An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (exception to inadmissibility)
C-524 (2004) Mathieu Da Costa Day Act

Votes

Dec. 10, 2014 Failed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

Canada Elections ActPrivate Members' Business

December 10th, 2014 / 3:30 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion defeated.