Elections Modernization Act

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments

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 establish spending limits for third parties and political parties during a defined period before the election period of a general election held on a day fixed under that Act. It also establishes measures to increase transparency regarding the participation of third parties in the electoral process. Among other things that it does in this regard, the enactment
(a) adds reporting requirements for third parties engaging in partisan activities, partisan advertising, and election surveys to the reporting requirements for third parties engaging in election advertising;
(b) creates an obligation for third parties to open a separate bank account for expenses related to the matters referred to in paragraph (a); and
(c) creates an obligation for political parties and third parties to identify themselves in partisan advertising during the defined period before the election period.
The enactment also amends the Act to implement measures to reduce barriers to participation and increase accessibility. Among other things that it does in this regard, the enactment
(a) establishes a Register of Future Electors in which Canadian citizens 14 to 17 years of age may consent to be included;
(b) broadens the application of accommodation measures to all persons with a disability, irrespective of its nature;
(c) creates a financial incentive for registered parties and candidates to take steps to accommodate persons with a disability during an election period;
(d) amends some of the rules regarding the treatment of candidates’ expenses, including the rules related to childcare expenses, expenses related to the care of a person with a disability and litigation expenses;
(e) amends the rules regarding the treatment of nomination contestants’ and leadership contestants’ litigation expenses and personal expenses;
(f) allows Canadian Forces electors access to several methods of voting, while also adopting measures to ensure the integrity of the vote;
(g) removes limitations on public education and information activities conducted by the Chief Electoral Officer;
(h) removes two limitations on voting by non-resident electors: the requirement that they have been residing outside Canada for less than five consecutive years and the requirement that they intend to return to Canada to resume residence in the future; and
(i) extends voting hours on advance polling days.
The enactment also amends the Act to modernize voting services, facilitate enforcement and improve various aspects of the administration of elections and of political financing. Among other things that it does in this regard, the enactment
(a) removes the assignment of specific responsibilities set out in the Act to specific election officers by creating a generic category of election officer to whom all those responsibilities may be assigned;
(b) limits election periods to a maximum of 50 days;
(c) removes administrative barriers in order to facilitate the hiring of election officers;
(d) authorizes the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to provide the Chief Electoral Officer with information about permanent residents and foreign nationals for the purpose of updating the Register of Electors;
(e) removes the prohibition on the Chief Electoral Officer authorizing the notice of confirmation of registration (commonly known as a “voter information card”) as identification;
(f) replaces, in the context of voter identification, the option of attestation for residence with an option of vouching for identity and residence;
(g) removes the requirement for electors’ signatures during advance polls, changes procedures for the closing of advance polls and allows for counting ballots from advance polls one hour before the regular polls close;
(h) replaces the right or obligation to take an oath with a right or obligation to make a solemn declaration, and streamlines the various declarations that electors may have the right or obligation to make under specific circumstances;
(i) relocates the Commissioner of Canada Elections to within the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, and provides that the Commissioner is to be appointed by the Chief Electoral Officer, after consultation with the Director of Public Prosecutions, for a non-renewable term of 10 years;
(j) provides the Commissioner of Canada Elections with the authority to impose administrative monetary penalties for contraventions of provisions of Parts 16, 17 and 18 of the Act and certain other provisions of the Act;
(k) provides the Commissioner of Canada Elections with the authority to lay charges;
(l) provides the Commissioner of Canada Elections with the power to apply for a court order requiring testimony or a written return;
(m) clarifies offences relating to
(i) the publishing of false statements,
(ii) participation by non-Canadians in elections, including inducing electors to vote or refrain from voting, and
(iii) impersonation; and
(n) implements a number of measures to harmonize and streamline political financing monitoring and reporting.
The enactment also amends the Act to provide for certain requirements with regard to the protection of personal information for registered parties, eligible parties and political parties that are applying to become registered parties, including the obligation for the party to adopt a policy for the protection of personal information and to publish it on its Internet site.
The enactment also amends the Parliament of Canada Act to prevent the calling of a by-election when a vacancy in the House of Commons occurs within nine months before the day fixed for a general election under the Canada Elections Act.
It also amends the Public Service Employment Act to clarify that the maximum period of employment of casual workers in the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer — 165 working days in one calendar year — applies to those who are appointed by the Commissioner of Canada Elections.
Finally, the enactment contains transitional provisions, makes consequential amendments to other Acts and repeals the Special Voting Rules.

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-76s:

C-76 (2024) Law An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act
C-76 (2005) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adoption)

Votes

Dec. 13, 2018 Passed Motion respecting Senate amendments to Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments
Dec. 13, 2018 Failed Motion respecting Senate amendments to Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (amendment)
Dec. 13, 2018 Passed Time allocation for Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments
Oct. 30, 2018 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments
Oct. 30, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (recommittal to a committee)
Oct. 29, 2018 Passed Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Passed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2018 Failed Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (report stage amendment)
Oct. 25, 2018 Passed Time allocation for Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments
May 23, 2018 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments
May 23, 2018 Failed 2nd reading of Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (reasoned amendment)
May 23, 2018 Passed Time allocation for Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments

The House proceeded to the consideration of Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments, as reported (with amendments) from the committee.

Speaker's RulingElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:25 p.m.

The Speaker Geoff Regan

There are 179 motions in amendment standing on the Notice Paper for the report stage of Bill C-76. Motions Nos. 1 to 179 will be grouped for debate and voted upon according to the voting pattern available at the table.

I will now put Motions Nos. 1 to 179 to the House.

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:25 p.m.

Conservative

Stephanie Kusie Conservative Calgary Midnapore, AB

moved:

Motion No. 1

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting the long title.

Motion No. 2

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting the short title.

Motion No. 3

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 2.

Motion No. 4

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Motion No. 5

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Motion No. 6

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Motion No. 7

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 7.

Motion No. 8

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 8.

Motion No. 9

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 9.

Motion No. 10

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 10.

Motion No. 11

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 12.

Motion No. 12

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 13.

Motion No. 13

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 14.

Motion No. 14

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 15.

Motion No. 15

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 21.

Motion No. 16

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 22.

Motion No. 17

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 31.

Motion No. 18

That Bill C-76, in Clause 45, be amended by replacing line 28 on page 25 with the following:

“political party, candidates for elected office or members of a legislature information”

Motion No. 19

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 47.

Motion No. 20

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 48.

Motion No. 21

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 49.

Motion No. 22

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 50.

Motion No. 23

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 55.

Motion No. 24

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 59.

Motion No. 25

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 61.

Motion No. 26

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 76.

Motion No. 27

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 84.

Motion No. 28

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 93.

Motion No. 29

That Bill C-76, in Clause 93, be amended by replacing line 20 on page 47 with the following:

“electors for the same polling division and who”

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:25 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

moved:

Motion No. 30

That Bill C-76, in Clause 93, be amended by replacing line 20 on page 47 with the following:

“electors for the same electoral district and who”

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:25 p.m.

Conservative

Stephanie Kusie Conservative Calgary Midnapore, AB

moved:

Motion No. 31

That Bill C-76, in Clause 93, be amended by replacing line 27 on page 47 with the following:

“iors or persons with a disability, where a polling station has been established, wishes to prove his or her”

Motion No. 32

That Bill C-76, in Clause 93, be amended by replacing line 28 on page 47 with the following:

“residence under subsection (3), the other”

Motion No. 33

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 94.

Motion No. 34

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 100.

Motion No. 35

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 105.

Motion No. 36

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 107.

Motion No. 37

That Bill C-76, in Clause 107, be amended by replacing line 31 on page 54 with the following:

“the same polling division and who”

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:25 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

moved:

Motion No. 38

That Bill C-76, in Clause 107, be amended by replacing line 31 on page 54 with the following:

“the same electoral district and who”

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:25 p.m.

Conservative

Stephanie Kusie Conservative Calgary Midnapore, AB

moved:

Motion No. 39

That Bill C-76, in Clause 107, be amended by replacing line 9 on page 55 with the following:

“or persons with a disability, where a polling station has been established, wishes to prove his or her”

Motion No. 40

That Bill C-76, in Clause 107, be amended by replacing line 10 on page 55 with the following:

“residence under subsection (1), the other”

Motion No. 41

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 108.

Motion No. 42

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 115.

Motion No. 43

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 116.

Motion No. 44

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 117.

Motion No. 45

That Bill C-76, in Clause 117, be amended by replacing line 36 on page 60 with the following:

“the same polling division and who”

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:25 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

moved:

Motion No. 46

That Bill C-76, in Clause 117, be amended by replacing line 36 on page 60 with the following:

“the same electoral district and who”

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:25 p.m.

Conservative

Stephanie Kusie Conservative Calgary Midnapore, AB

moved:

Motion No. 47

That Bill C-76, in Clause 117, be amended by deleting lines 11 to 23 on page 61.

Motion No. 48

That Bill C-76, in Clause 117, be amended by replacing line 14 on page 61 with the following:

“iors or persons with a disability, where an advance polling station has been established, wishes to prove his or her”

Motion No. 49

That Bill C-76, in Clause 117, be amended by replacing line 15 on page 61 with the following:

“residence under subsection (2), the other”

Motion No. 50

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 118.

Motion No. 51

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 122.

Motion No. 52

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 150.

Motion No. 53

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 151.

Motion No. 54

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 152.

Motion No. 55

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 153.

Motion No. 56

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 154.

Motion No. 57

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 155.

Motion No. 58

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 157.

Motion No. 59

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 160.

Motion No. 60

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 162.

Motion No. 61

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 164.

Motion No. 62

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 165.

Motion No. 63

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 166.

Motion No. 64

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 167.

Motion No. 65

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 168.

Motion No. 66

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 169.

Motion No. 67

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 170.

Motion No. 68

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 172.

Motion No. 69

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 173.

Motion No. 70

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 182.

Motion No. 71

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 184.

Motion No. 72

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 186.

Motion No. 73

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 187.

Motion No. 74

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 188.

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:45 p.m.

Waterloo Ontario

Liberal

Bardish Chagger LiberalLeader of the Government in the House of Commons

moved:

Motion No. 75

That Bill C-76, in Clause 190, be amended by replacing lines 16 and 17 on page 99 with the following:

“(c) the person who vouches does not reside in a polling division assigned to the same polling station as the polling division in which the other person resides or, in the”

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:45 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

moved:

Motion No. 76

That Bill C-76, in Clause 190, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 99 with the following:

“same electoral district as the other person or, in the”

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:45 p.m.

Conservative

Stephanie Kusie Conservative Calgary Midnapore, AB

moved:

Motion No. 77

That Bill C-76, in Clause 190, be amended by replacing line 30 on page 100 with the following:

“(b) they knowingly make or publish a false statement in respect of a candidate in that election, a registered party that has endorsed a candidate in that election or the leader of such a registered party; or”.

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:45 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

moved:

Motion No. 78

That Bill C-76, in Clause 190, be amended by replacing line 30 on page 100 with the following:

“(b) they knowingly make or publish a false statement that is prohibited under paragraph 91(1)(a) or (b) in respect of a candidate in that election, a registered party that has endorsed a candidate in that election, the leader of such a registered party or the electoral district association of such a registered party; or”

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 3:45 p.m.

Conservative

Stephanie Kusie Conservative Calgary Midnapore, AB

moved:

Motion No. 79

That Bill C-76, in Clause 190, be amended

(a) by replacing line 10 on page 99 with the following:

“sections 143(3.01) and 161(2).”; and

(b) by replacing lines 18 and 19 on page 99 with the following:

“cases referred to in subsections 143(3.01) and 161(2), in a polling division in the other person’s”.

Motion No. 80

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 199.

Motion No. 81

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 206.

Motion No. 82

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 207.

Motion No. 83

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 208.

Motion No. 84

That Bill C-76, in Clause 208.1, be amended by adding after line 24 on page 110 the following:

“(2.1) For greater certainty, an online platform shall publish in the registry referred to in subsection (2) the partisan advertising messages and election advertising messages of a third party for which the platform has sold, directly or indirectly, advertising space for an aggregate amount of $500 or more for the pre-election period or election period, as the case may be.”

Motion No. 85

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 209.

Motion No. 86

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 211.

Motion No. 87

hat Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 212.

Motion No. 88

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 213.

Motion No. 89

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 217.

Motion No. 90

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 218.

Motion No. 91

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 219.

Motion No. 92

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 220.

Motion No. 93

That Bill C-76, in Clause 223, be amended by replacing line 7 on page 118 with the following:

“-lic regardless of whether there was to be an election, unless the author or editor is a member of the Senate or the House of Commons, the leader of a registered party or an eligible party, a candidate or a potential candidate;”.

Motion No. 94

That Bill C-76, in Clause 223, be amended by replacing lines 25 and 26 on page 118 with the following:

“carry on business in Canada or whose primary purpose in Canada is to in-”.

Motion No. 95

That Bill C-76, in Clause 223, be amended by adding after line 29 on page 118 the following:

“(b.1) a corporation or entity

(i) incorporated, formed or otherwise organized within Canada, but no officer, director or other person who is responsible for it

(A) is a Canadian citizen,

(B) is a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, or

(C) resides in Canada, and

(ii) whose primary purpose in Canada is to influence electors to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at an election.”

Motion No. 96

That Bill C-76, in Clause 223, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 119 with the following:(C) resides in Canada, and

“349.03 No person or entity shall”.

Motion No. 97

That Bill C-76, in Clause 223, be amended by adding after line 21 on page 119 the following:

(2) No person or entity shall, for the purpose of circumventing, or attempting to circumvent, the prohibition under section 349.02,

(a) conceal, or attempt to conceal, the identity of the source of a contribution from a foreign entity; or

(b) act in collusion with another person or entity for that purpose.”

Motion No. 98

That Bill C-76, in Clause 223, be amended by adding after line 21 on page 119 the following:

“(2) No person or entity shall, for the purpose of circumventing, or attempting to circumvent, the prohibition under section 349.02, enter into an agreement that includes as a term the making of a contribution or the provision for payment of goods or services, directly or indirectly, to a third party.”

Motion No. 99

That Bill C-76, in Clause 223, be amended

(a) by replacing line 13 on page 118 with the following:

“holders, as the case may be; or”; and

(b) by replacing lines 16 to 18 on page 118 with the following:

“al political views.”

Motion No. 100

That Bill C-76, in Clause 231, be amended by replacing line 5 on page 138 with the following:

“(a) in the case of a general election in respect of which the writs are issued after the June 30 that is immediately before the”

Motion No. 101

That Bill C-76, in Clause 231, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 138 with the following:

“veys, and the geographical areas from which the sample of respondents was drawn, to which the expenses relate, and”

Motion No. 102

That Bill C-76, in Clause 231, be amended by replacing line 38 on page 138 with the following:

“veys, and the geographical areas from which the sample of respondents was drawn, to which the expenses relate, and”

Motion No. 103

That Bill C-76, in Clause 231, be amended by adding after line 5 on page 139 the following:

“(v) a list of all expenses--other than those referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (iv)--incurred during the period beginning the day after polling day at the preceding general election and ending at the beginning of the pre-election period--or, if there was no pre-election period, the beginning of the election period--that would have been partisan activity expenses, partisan advertising expenses or election survey expenses had they been incurred during a pre-election period, the date and place of the partisan activities to which the expenses relate, the date and time of the transmission of the partisan advertising messages to which the expenses relate, and the date of the election surveys, and the geographical areas from which the sample of respondents was drawn, to which the expenses relate; and”

Motion No. 104

That Bill C-76, in Clause 231, be amended by adding after line 5 on page 139 the following:

“(v) a list of all contributions received since the preceding general election by the third party from foreign individuals or entities and the date and purpose of the contribution; and”

Motion No. 105

That Bill C-76, in Clause 238, be amended by replacing line 10 on page 150 with the following:

“subsection 349.91(1) or 349.92(1);

(a.2) publish, as soon as feasible but no later than the 6th day before polling day, returns filed under subsection 357.01(1) or 357.02(2);”

Motion No. 106

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 241.

Motion No. 107

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 242.

Motion No. 108

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 245.

Motion No. 109

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 246.

Motion No. 110

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 250.

Motion No. 111

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 253.

Motion No. 112

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 256.

Motion No. 113

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 262.

Motion No. 114

That Bill C-76 be amended by deleting Clause 263.

Motions in amendmentElections Modernization ActGovernment Orders

October 24th, 2018 / 4 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

moved:

Motion No. 115

That Bill C-76, in Clause 268, be amended by replacing line 28 on page 166 with the following:

“(3) Section 437 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

(2.1) The Chief Electoral Officer may require the chief agent of a registered party to provide by a specified date documents evidencing any expense set out in the party’s election expenses return, including invoices, bank statements, deposit slips and cancelled cheques.”