Political Financing Handbook for Registered Parties and Chief Agents (EC 20231) – October 2017 – Archived Content
This document is Elections Canada's archived guideline OGI 2017-03 and is no longer in effect.
An updated version of this document is available in Tools for Political Parties.
Table of Contents
- About This Document
- 1. Reference Tables and Timelines
- Becoming a registered political party
- Merger of registered parties
- Voluntary and involuntary deregistration of a registered party
- Reporting deadlines for key events and during the fiscal year
- Role and appointment process—party leader
- Role and appointment process—party officers
- Role and appointment process—chief agent
- Role and appointment process—registered agents
- Role and appointment process—auditor
- Limits on contributions, loans and loan guarantees
- Transfers—types and rules
- 2. Contributions
- What is a contribution?
- What is commercial value?
- Who can contribute?
- Limits on contributions, loans and loan guarantees to a registered party
- Volunteer labour is not a contribution
- Party convention or leadership convention fees are contributions
- Sponsorship or advertising at a political event is a contribution
- Accepting and recording contributions
- Issuing contribution receipts
- Determining the date a contribution is made
- Recording anonymous contributions
- Remitting anonymous contributions that cannot be accepted
- Ineligible contributions
- Returning or remitting ineligible contributions
- 3. Loans
- 4. Transfers
- 5. Fundraising
- Typical fundraising activities
- 6. Registered Party's Expenses
- 7. Election Expenses
- Typical election expenses
- Use of existing resources
- 8. Working with Other Entities
- Typical shared activities
- 9. Leadership and Nomination Contest Finances
- 10. Reporting