moved:
Motion No. 82
That Bill C-2 be amended by adding after line 2 on page 143 the following new clause:
“348.1 The definitions in this section apply in this Part.
“election advertising” has the same meaning as in section 319.
“government election advertising” means election advertising published by or on behalf of the Government of Canada, but does not include publications that are intended solely to inform the public about the law, government programs or public administration in a factual and non-partisan manner.
348.1.2 No person shall knowingly authorize, on behalf of the Government of Canada, any government election advertising during an election period or the three month period preceding the month in which a general election is to be held pursuant to subsection 57(2.1).
348.1.3 For the purposes of sections 422 and 423, where government election advertising is published in contravention of section 348.1.2, the cost of the government election advertising is deemed to be an election expense of the registered party that forms the government immediately prior to the election.”
Motion No. 83
That Bill C-2 be amended by deleting Clause 350.
Motion No. 84
That Bill C-2 be amended by deleting Clause 351.
Motion No. 85
That Bill C-2, in Clause 359, be amended by replacing lines 25 to 33 on page 148 with the following:
“(a) in the case of a general election, a list of all election advertising expenses and the time and place of”
Motion No. 86
That Bill C-2, in Clause 359, be amended by replacing lines 37 and 38 on page 148 with the following:
“election expenses incurred to promote or oppose the election of a leader of a registered party or eligible party in a given electoral district and the time and place of”
Motion No. 136
That Bill C-2, in Clause 496, be amended by deleting lines 13 and 14 on page 214.
Motion No. 137
That Bill C-2, in Clause 496, be amended by deleting lines 29 to 31 on page 214.