Political Financing Handbook for Candidates and Official Agents (EC 20155) – June 2015 – Archived Content
This document is Elections Canada's archived guideline OGI 2015-10 and is no longer in effect.
An updated version of this document is available in Tools for Candidates.
Table of Contents
- About This Document
- Tables and Reminders
- Starting the Candidate's Campaign
- Campaign Inflows
- Campaign Outflows
- 3.1 Electoral campaign expenses
- 3.2 Election expenses
- Definition
- Limits on election expenses
- Reimbursement of paid election expenses and paid candidate's personal expenses
- Election expenses
- Election advertising
- Election advertising – use of social media and the Internet
- Election advertising – used signs
- Voter contact calling services
- Surveys
- Assets
- Renting a campaign office
- Installation costs and other office expenses
- Compensation paid to the official agent or other campaign workers
- Expenses of volunteers
- Leader's tour expenses
- Expenses of senators, ministers or another candidate
- Use of existing resources
- 3.3 Candidate's personal expenses
- 3.4 Other electoral campaign expenses
- 3.5 Transfers sent
- 3.6 Administering electoral campaign expenses
- Expenses cannot be transferred
- Who can incur expenses?
- Who can pay expenses?
- How to administer shared expenses?
- Non-monetary contributions or transfers are also recorded as expenses
- Incurring and paying the candidate's personal expenses
- Invoices
- Property or services provided by the party or the registered association
- Claims and loans repayment
- Administering the candidate's personal expenses
- Supporting documentation
- Reporting Requirements
- Closing the Candidate's Campaign
- By-elections Superseded by a General Election