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2 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this Act.

election advertising

election advertising  means the transmission to the public by any means during an election period of an advertising message that promotes or opposes a registered party or the election of a candidate, including by taking a position on an issue with which a registered party or candidate is associated. For greater certainty, it does not include

• (a) the transmission to the public of an editorial, a debate, a speech, an interview, a column, a letter, a commentary or news;

• (b) the distribution of a book, or the promotion of the sale of a book, for no less than its commercial value, if the book was planned to be made available to the public regardless of whether there was to be an election;

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• (e) the making of telephone calls to electors only to encourage them to vote. (publicité électorale)

election advertising expense

election advertising expense  means an expense incurred in relation to

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• (b) the transmission of an election advertising message to the public. (dépenses de publicité électorale)

electoral district

electoral district  means a place or territorial area that is represented by a member in the House of Commons. (circonscription)

judge

judge , when used to define the judicial officer on whom is conferred specific powers, means

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• (i) in relation to any place or territory in Canada,

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partisan advertising

partisan advertising  means the transmission to the public by any means during a pre-election period of an advertising message that promotes or opposes a registered party or eligible party or the election of a potential candidate, nomination contestant or leader of a registered party or eligible party, otherwise than by taking a position on an issue with which any such party or person is associated. For greater certainty, it does not include

• (a) the transmission to the public of an editorial, a debate, a speech, an interview, a column, a letter, a commentary or news;

• (b) the distribution of a book, or the promotion of the sale of a book, for no less than its commercial value, if the book was planned to be made available to the public regardless of whether there was to be an election;

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• (f) the making of telephone calls to electors only to encourage them to vote. (publicité partisane)

partisan advertising expense

partisan advertising expense  means an expense incurred in relation to

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• (b) the transmission of a partisan advertising message to the public. (dépenses de publicité partisane)

periodical publication

periodical publication means a paper, magazine or periodical that is published periodically or in parts or numbers and that contains public news, intelligence or reports of events, or advertisements. (publication périodique)

political party

political party  means an organization one of whose fundamental purposes is to participate in public affairs by endorsing one or more of its members as candidates and supporting their election. (parti politique)

polling station

polling station  means a place established under section 120, 122, 125, 205, 206, 207, 253 or 255 for electors to cast their votes. (bureau de scrutin)

81.1 (1) No person who is in control of a building, land, street or any other place, any part of which is open without charge to members of the public, whether on a continuous, periodic or occasional basis — including any commercial, business, cultural, historical, educational, religious, governmental, entertainment or recreational place — may prevent a candidate or his or her representative from campaigning in or on that part when it is open without charge to members of the public.

Marginal note:Exception

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a place if campaigning in or on it would be incompatible with the function and purpose of the place or inconsistent with public safety.

91 (1) No person or entity shall, with the intention of affecting the results of an election, make or publish, during the election period,

• (a) a false statement that a candidate, a prospective candidate, the leader of a political party or a public figure associated with a political party has committed an offence under an Act of Parliament or a regulation made under such an Act — or under an Act of the legislature of a province or a regulation made under such an Act — or has been charged with or is under investigation for such an offence; or

• (b) a false statement about the citizenship, place of birth, education, professional qualifications or membership in a group or association of a candidate, a prospective candidate, the leader of a political party or a public figure associated with a political party.

Marginal note:Clarification

(2) Subsection (1) applies regardless of the place where the election is held or the place where the false statement is made or published.

233 (1) The application for registration and special ballot shall be in the prescribed form and shall include the following information:

• (a) the elector’s name and the address of his or her place of ordinary residence;

Marginal note:Electors in danger

(1.1) An elector who would be under reasonable apprehension of bodily harm if he or she were to indicate the address of his or her place of ordinary residence or his or her mailing address for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a) or (d) may apply to the returning officer or special voting rules administrator to use another address for that purpose. The returning officer or special voting rules administrator, unless he or she considers that it would not be in the public interest to do so, shall grant the application and shall not reveal the addresses in respect of which the application is made except as required to send the special ballot to the elector. For greater certainty, the granting of the application does not change the elector’s place of ordinary residence for the purposes of this Act.

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Marginal note:Salary and expenses of Chief Electoral Officer

(2) The Chief Electoral Officer shall be paid a salary equal to the salary of a judge of the Federal Court, other than the Chief Justice of that Court, and is entitled to be paid reasonable travel and living expenses while absent from his or her ordinary place of residence in the course of his or her duties.

Marginal note:Superannuation and compensation

(3) The Chief Electoral Officer is deemed to be employed in the public service for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act and to be employed in the federal public administration for the purposes of the Government Employees Compensation Act and any regulations made under section 9 of the Aeronautics Act.