Modernizing the Electoral Process – Recommendations from the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada following the 37th general election

Appendix 1

Projected Impact of Lowered Threshold for Candidates' Reimbursement, Based on the November 2000 General Election

Political party	Actual reimbursements with present 15% threshold1	Reimbursement scenario with recommended 5% threshold2	Variance
	B ($)	A ($)	A - B ($)
Bloc Québécois	2 128 027	2 163 384	35 357
Canadian Action Party	–	–	–
Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance	4 130 945	4 541 156	410 211
Communist Party of Canada	–	–	–
Independent	–	22 794	22 794
Liberal Party of Canada	6 914 592	7 003 372	88 780
Marijuana Party	–	–	–
Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada	–	–	–
Natural Law Party of Canada	–	–	–
New Democratic Party	1 162 085	1 727 618	565 532
No Affiliation	43 456	51 732	8 276
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada	1 513 455	2 195 692	682 237
The Green Party of Canada	–	24 363	24 363
Total	15 892 560	17 730 111	1 837 551

¹ Under subsection 464(1) of the Canada Elections Act, candidates must obtain at least 15% of valid votes cast in their electoral district in order to qualify for partial reimbursement of their election expenses.

² Amounts that would have been paid with the qualification threshold set at 5% as recommended by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.

 

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