There may be a deficiency in that respect. The Canada Elections Act is amended regularly, without regard to the impact that can have on the Referendum Act. Perhaps we should take this into account as soon as there is an amendment to the Elections Act. There have been legislative reforms since 2001: a significant one in 2004 and, during the last Parliament, at least three bills with an impact on referendum regulations. As a result of the many elections, by-elections and electoral events, we were unable to propose an update to the regulations before now.
On October 20th, 2009. See this statement in context.