Procedure and House Affairs committee  Under the provisions of the bill, that is a correction that is made to the act to ensure that they would be covered.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct, because the definition of election advertising expense in the act includes the production costs.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is correct. There is a current drafting deficiency in the act, because it only makes subject to the limit those expenses that were incurred during the election period. The bill proposes to remove that language and to provide that any expense in relation to an election is cov

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Unfortunately, again we're unable to assist the committee on this issue.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for the committee at this time.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's already a provision in the act for the ballot box to be unsealed if the statement of the vote, which is the result at the polling division, isn't available at the validation of results. In that case, the returning officer can go into the box to retrieve the copy of the st

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When the representatives from the CRTC appeared before the committee, I remember them saying that in accordance with their retention agreement with Library and Archives, they retain them for seven years. But I'm not sure what value these documents would have and whether they woul

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, the bill at different places requires registration notices to be filed within 48 hours. In our opinion, it doesn't really matter whether you put it before the first calls are made, because the CRTC doesn't enforce any other thing than the registration rules. That's the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. In the English version of amendment G-8, paragraph (a) changes the amending clause. The following is stated in subsection 53(1): The portion of subsection 161(1) of the French version of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: There is also the text w

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have not looked at it, but I assume the same thing will happen.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, we may need to take a few minutes to review this so if the committee feels it should be stood down, it might a good idea at this point.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We'll take a quick look, Mr. Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Currently there's nothing in the act allowing for media representatives to be at the polls. This was a recommendation of the Chief Electoral Officer, that for ridings where there's a party leader, media be allowed. The bill provides that in ridings where a party leader is the can

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's a difference between the two language versions. The English-language version allows the returning officer to appoint as of 180 days before the issuance of the writ.