Bill C-50 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing)

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Karina Gould  Liberal

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Elections Act to
(a) enact an advertising and reporting regime for fundraising events attended by Ministers, party leaders or leadership contestants; and
(b) harmonize the rules applicable to contest expenses of nomination contestants and leadership contestants with the rules applicable to election expenses of candidates.

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-50s:

C-50 (2023) Law Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act
C-50 (2014) Citizen Voting Act
C-50 (2012) Law Appropriation Act No. 4, 2012-13
C-50 (2010) Improving Access to Investigative Tools for Serious Crimes Act
C-50 (2009) Law An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to increase benefits
C-50 (2008) Law Budget Implementation Act, 2008

Votes

Feb. 13, 2018 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing)
Feb. 6, 2018 Passed Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing)
Feb. 6, 2018 Failed Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing) (report stage amendment)
Feb. 6, 2018 Failed Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing) (report stage amendment)
June 15, 2017 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing)

Procedure and House Affairs Committee, on Sept. 28, 2017

  • Robert Sampson, Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Institutions, Privy Council Office
  • Allen Sutherland, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office

Procedure and House Affairs Committee, on Oct. 3, 2017

  • Stéphane Perrault, Acting Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Canada
  • Anne Lawson, General Counsel and Senior Director, Legal Services, Elections Canada

Procedure and House Affairs Committee, on Oct. 5, 2017

Procedure and House Affairs Committee, on Oct. 17, 2017

  • Eric Montigny, Professor, Department of Political Science, Université Laval, As an Individual
  • Leslie Seidle, Research Director, Institute for Research on Public Policy, As an Individual
  • Mary Dawson, Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
  • Karen Shepherd, Commissioner of Lobbying, Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying
  • Greg Essensa, Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Ontario

Procedure and House Affairs Committee, on Oct. 19, 2017