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An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (demographic information)

This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in January 2025.

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of Oct. 1, 2024
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Elections Act to require certain registered parties to make diversity-related information available to the public. It further amends the Act to require the Chief Electoral Officer to collect and report on demographic information related to candidates, nomination contestants and leadership contestants.

Similar bills

S-213 (current session) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (demographic information)

Elsewhere

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