Procedure and House Affairs committee  In a national distribution newspaper? No.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it needs to be within the electoral district.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The publication of information on the Internet has a much broader distribution than a mail-out, for example. It all depends on the circumstances. It's very difficult to answer your question because I don't have the ad in front of me. If the invitation is for a specific event on a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The intent needs to be to distribute it within the electoral district. If it can be shown that the intent was to give it a much broader distribution, then it wouldn't be caught by the exception and it would likely count towards the party limit.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If it is paid out of the EDA funds, the answer is no. Given the definitions that have been given by the act, to “promote or oppose a registered party or eligible party”, just naming the party or showing its logo would be sufficient to—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Not to make it banned, but to make it count towards the national limit.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Really, at this point it would be a question of interpretation in the context of a specific case. If multiple electoral district associations covering the area where the radio station is located were all to participate in this advertising campaign, then it would probably be fine.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can give you the example of The Globe and Mail. If an EDA is trying to publish an ad in The Globe and Mail in the electoral district where The Globe and Mail is printed, clearly it goes way beyond the scope of this exception. We need to draw a line somewhere. The intent is re

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do you have a specific question?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Actually, no, not in my personal opinion, which is very valuable, of course.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Let me have a quick look at the bill. When we look at the definition of “partisan advertising expenses”, it relates to the idea of promoting or opposing a party, and also a candidate. When we look at the prohibition here, at page 157 of the bill, lines 25 and following, in Engl

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It says that each EDA can incur partisan advertising expenses for partisan advertising messages that are basically aimed at the distribution in the electoral district.