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Allocation of Free Broadcasting Time

Under the Canada Elections Act, in a general election, all network operators that provided free broadcasting time in the previous general election must provide as much free broadcasting time to registered and eligible parties as they did during the previous election. The time must be provided to the parties in proportion to the allocation of paid broadcasting time. The free time that the networks were required to allocate to the parties in the 2019 federal general election is shown below.


Allocation of free time – 43rd general election

Political party CBC-TV
SRC-TV
CBC Radio One
SRC Première chaîne
TVA
V Télé
Liberal Party of Canada 48:00 27:00 13:00
Conservative Party of Canada 35:00 20:00 9:00
New Democratic Party 24:00 13:00 6:30
Green Party of Canada 12:00 6:30 3:30
Bloc Québécois 10:30 6:00 3:00
Libertarian Party of Canada 7:00 4:00 2:00
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada 7:00 4:00 2:00
Christian Heritage Party of Canada 6:30 4:00 2:00
Communist Party of Canada 6:30 3:30 2:00
Parti Rhinoceros Party 6:30 3:30 2:00
Alliance of the North 6:00 3:30 2:00
Animal Protection Party of Canada 6:00 3:30 2:00
Marijuana Party 6:00 3:30 2:00
Progressive Canadian Party 6:00 3:30 2:00
National Citizens Alliance of Canada 6:00 3:30 2:00
People's Party of Canada 6:00 3:30 2:00
The United Party of Canada 3:00 1:30 1:00
Stop Climate Change 3:00 1:30 1:00
Canada's Fourth Front 3:00 1:30 1:00
Veterans Coalition Party of Canada 3:00 1:30 1:00
Canadian Nationalist Party 3:00 1:30 1:00
Total number of minutes 214:00 120:00 62:00