Procedure and House Affairs committee  Clause 7 is in consequence to a change in the number of polling days. They are transitional provisions with respect to the reporting of third parties. After clause 6 comes into force and the repeal of part 22, it would allow for the transition from the three-day polling period ba

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sure. Thank you for the question. I'm not in a position to provide any legal advice on the issue, but by extending the blackout period to three days it would increase the risk, if the provision was challenged, that it could be found unconstitutional.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  CPC-12 reduces the element in the calendar that needs to take place before advance polling. It could be moved by two days and the elements that are supposed to happen between the advance polling day and polling day could only be moved by one day. That's CPC-12. The difference, I

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. I think Ms. Lawson is right that the phrase “prendre des instructions” is used elsewhere in the French version of the act. Moreover, in the English version it does not say “give instructions”, but “make instructions”. This is therefore an accurate tr

Finance committee  Clause 363 is about the coming into force. It comes into force with royal assent.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Manon Paquet, and I'm the director of special projects in the PCO's democratic institutions secretariat. Clause 362 relates to section 91 of the Canada Elections Act, which prohibits specific types of false statements made to affect the election

Finance committee  Sure. Thank you for the question. The court decision was about the constitutionality of section 91. Even though there was an intent within the provision itself, imparting the intent to affect the outcome of elections, the court ruled that the knowledge requirement to know that t

Finance committee  Of course. Section 91 prohibits specific types of false statements regarding candidates, prospective candidates, the leader of a political party or a public figure associated with a political party. It only applies during the election period. It's for a statement, for example,

Finance committee  It would clarify that the individual making the statement needed to know that the statement was false.