Thank you, Mr. Bittle.
The exception that is provided at proposed paragraph 282.4(3)(c) is for the transmission of programs, or print such as an editorial, a debate, a speech, an interview, a column, a letter, etc. This language has been used for a long time in the Canada Elections Act as an exception to the definition of election advertising, so there is a history to that kind of exception in the act.
I'm not sure that a program or a publication whose primary purpose is to influence an elector to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or party, would actually be recognized within that existing exception. Of course, that would be for the courts to interpret eventually, but I would be suspicious about whether a partisan program would be recognized within this recognized exception.