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Political Financing Handbook for Nomination Contestants and Financial Agents (EC 20182) – March 2019 – DRAFT guideline OGI 2019-03

This document is Elections Canada's draft guideline OGI 2019-03.

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About This Document

Introduction to the handbook

This handbook is designed to assist nomination contestants and their financial agents. It is a tool that will help in the financial administration of the nomination contestant's campaign.

This document is a general guideline issued pursuant to section 16.1 of the Canada Elections Act. It is provided for information and is not intended to replace the Act.

Elections Canada will review the contents of this handbook on a regular basis and make updates as required.

Note: The term "individual" used in this handbook refers to a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

What's new in recent releases?

Release Where Title Summary
March 2019 Chapter 2 Accepting contributions of cryptocurrency New content added as per OGI 2018-10, Cryptocurrencies.
March 2019 Chapter 3 Types of loans New way to report a line of credit in some circumstances.
March 2019 Chapter 6 Ticketed fundraising events Clarified what is included in the benefit for a ticketed fundraiser.
March 2019 Chapters 7–12 All New and redefined expense categories and payment options, as per Bill C-76.
March 2019 Chapter 12 Auditor's fees New auditor's subsidy explained.
March 2019 Chapter 15 What is a surplus? New formula for calculating surplus funds, as per Bill C-76.
March 2019   Sale of capital assets Added requirement to sell capital assets after the nomination contest, as per Bill C-76.
December 2018 All n/a Content reorganized for better flow, new examples added and relevant content brought in from other recent handbooks.
December 2018 Chapter 2 Volunteer labour is not a contribution New content and examples added as per OGI 2017-04, Volunteer Labour.
December 2018 Chapter 6 Fundraising expenses Content added on the exclusion of certain fundraising expenses from nomination contest expenses.
December 2018   Regulated fundraising events Concept of regulated events (definition, requirements and examples) introduced as per Bill C-50.
December 2018 Chapters 7, 8 and 9 n/a Definitions and categories of nomination campaign expenses revised as per Bill C-50.
December 2018 Chapter 8 Websites and web content

Website of a parliamentarian
Reporting requirements clarified for expenses associated with websites, web content and pre-existing material.

Contact information

Internet

elections.ca

Telephone

Political Entities Support Network
1-800-486-6563

Regular Hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time)

Elections Canada General Enquiries
1-800-463-6868

Fax

Political Financing
1-888-523-9333 (toll-free)
1-819-939-1803

Mail

Elections Canada
30 Victoria Street
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M6

Email

Political Financing Enquiries
political.financing@elections.ca

Electronic Financial Return (EFR)—Enquiries and Submissions
efr-rfe@elections.ca