Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sure thing. I do think it is a legitimate concern that in any riding or election, another party or candidate could use another party's signs or logo to suggest a partnership that doesn't exist in order to intentionally confuse voters.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is not correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The investigation is closed, but Dan Ryder was found to be in contravention of subsection 363(1) of the act.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, the letter I received from the election commissioner stated that the additional concern that had been raised by other complainants regarding inducing an individual from voting or to refrain from voting for another candidate would be difficult to prove. It doesn't mean it di

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Misleading of voters.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I was really excited to see clause 323 proposing to amend section 481 of the Canada Elections Act around misleading publications. That essentially refers to any form of communication that could mislead voters and that contains false statements. There were numerous false statement

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't. I actually believe that upon further investigation, it could be found that voters were misled. What I understand from the letter I received from the commissioner of Canada elections was that a complaint regarding a violation of paragraph 482(b) would be difficult to pr

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The main concern I have is that there was no endorsement of the memorandum of understanding by any official party, the members of the party in advance of the vote that saw Gary Adams nominated as our candidate. A commitment was made to the members at the nomination meeting that t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What may have been unintentional—and I agree—we both sought clarification from Elections Canada.... I raised several times that I believed we were contravening sections of the act, and I was disappointed when the feedback from Elections Canada was that the concept of using thes

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, and good afternoon. As the CEO of the Kelowna federal Green Party electoral district association, I served here in Kelowna from 2006 to 2015 and was subsequently the chief financial officer of the EDA in 2015 before resigning following the 2015 general election. I'm p