Procedure and House Affairs committee  Actually, if you look at transitional provision clause 127, it's written: Despite section 13 of the Canada Elections Act, as enacted by section 3, the person who occupies the position of Chief Electoral Officer immediately before the day on which that section 3 comes into forc

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When the bill is reprinted, it will be reprinted with the subsection (1). It's done automatically by the House of Commons printing service.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If it's a clause that becomes a subsection (1), if it's a section that becomes a subsection (1), it's done automatically. It doesn't have to be provided for in the bill.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In this instance, the paragraphs are not meant to be read as (c) with (c), because sometimes there are additional changes that are required in one language version as opposed to the other. Paragraph (b), I believe....

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The change proposed in point (c) of the English version is the same change contained in point (b) of the French version, where it says “dans les quinze jours suivant la date”. Since the changes to the provisions didn't involve adjoining lines in the English version of the bill,

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In the English version, point (h) amends line 5 on page 7 of the bill, affecting new subsection 16.2(2) of the act. The same change is proposed in point (g) of the French version of the amendment.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Basically, the consultation period went from 30 days to 15, and the timeframe the CEO has to issue guidelines and interpretations went from 45 days to 60, in a coherent way.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Non-monetary contributions are defined as excluding volunteer labour, and the definition of volunteer labour excludes as volunteer labour those that are provided by a person who is in the business of providing the good or the service.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Pardon me?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It excludes from volunteer labour—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, that's correct. The first part is the restrictions on the topics that he can advertise on with respect to advertising messages to inform electors about the exercise of their democratic rights, and the “for greater certainty” clause allows him to advertise for any other purpo

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The restrictions in the clause are with respect to advertising, specifically advertising for the purpose of informing electors about the exercise of their democratic rights.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.