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Election advertising

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
Nov. 10, 2020	Nov. 10, 2020	2020-05	Partisan and Election Advertising on the Internet PDFfor OGI 2020-05	Elections Canada	HTML Partisan and Election Advertising on the Internet for draft of OGI 2020-05 PDFfor draft of OGI 2020-05	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2020-05 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2020-05
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	2019-11	Application of Partisan and Election Advertising Rules to Telephone Calls PDF for final OGI 2019-11	Elections Canada	See 2015-11 HTML for draft of guideline 2015-11 PDFfor draft of guideline 2015-11	See 2015-11 HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2015-11 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2015-11

Contributions and expenses

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
May 13, 2021	May 13, 2021	2021-01	Participating in Third Party Campaign-Style Events During Pre-election and Election Periods PDF for final OGI 2021-01	Elections Canada	HTML for draft OGI 2021-01 PDF for draft OGI 2021-01	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2021-01 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2021-01
Feb. 11, 2021	Feb. 11, 2021	2020-07	Irregular Transfers Between Affiliated Political Entities PDF for final OGI 2020-07	Elections Canada	HTML for draft OGI 2020-07 PDF for draft OGI 2020-07	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2020-07 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2020-07
May 6, 2020	May 6, 2020	2020-04	The Use of Member of Parliament Resources Outside of an Election Period PDF for final OGI 2020-04	Elections Canada	See 2014-02 HTML for draft OGI 2014-02 PDF for draft OGI 2014-02	See 2014-02 HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2014-02 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2014-02
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	2019-12	Cryptocurrencies Interpretation Note: 2019-12 (December 2019) PDF Interpretation Note: 2019-12 (December 2019)	Elections Canada	See 2018-10 HTML Cryptocurrencies for draft of OGI 2018-10 PDF for draft of cryptocurrencies 2018-10	See 2018-10 HTML Cryptocurrencies-comments 2018-10 PDF for comments of cryptocurrencies 2018-10
Oct. 23, 2019	Oct. 23, 2019	2018-09	Unpaid Claims and Reporting Requirements Interpretation Note: 2018-09 (October 2019) PDF Interpretation Note: 2018-09 (October 2019)	Elections Canada	HTML Unpaid Claims and Reporting Requirements for draft of OGI 2018-09 PDF for draft of Unpaid Claims and Reporting Requirements 2018-09	HTML Unpaid Claims and Reporting Requirements comments 2018-09 PDF for comments of Unpaid Claims and Reporting Requirements 2018-09
Jul. 22, 2019	Jul. 22, 2019	2019-07	Accessibility Expenses and Disability-Related Personal Expenses Interpretation Note: 2019-07 (March 2019) PDF Interpretation Note: 2019-07 (July 2019)	Elections Canada	HTML Accessibility Expenses and Disability-Related Personal Expenses for draft of OGI 2019-07 PDF for draft of Accessibility Expenses and Disability-Related Personal Expenses 2019-07	HTML Accessibility Expenses and Disability-Related Personal Expenses comments 2019-07 PDF for comments of Accessibility Expenses and Disability-Related Personal Expenses 2019-07
Jan. 28, 2019	Jan. 28, 2019	2019-01	Volunteer Labour for draft of OGI 2019-01 PDFfor draft of OGI 2019-01	Elections Canada	N/A	HTML Volunteer Labour-comments 2019-01 PDFfor comments of OGI 2019-01 (Summary of updates)
Oct. 31, 2018	Nov. 30, 2018	2018-06	Online Contributions Made to Candidates Through the Registered Party for draft of OGI 2018-06 PDFfor draft of OGI 2018-06	Elections Canada	HTML Online Contributions Made to Candidates Through the Registered Party for draft of OGI 2018-06 PDFfor draft of OGI 2018-06	HTML Online Contributions Made to Candidates Through the Registered Party-comments 2018-06 PDFfor comments of OGI 2018-06
Oct. 5, 2018	Nov. 5, 2018	2018-05	Communication Expenses of Registered Parties in a By-election for draft of OGI 2018-05 PDFfor draft of OGI 2018-05	Elections Canada	HTML Communication Expenses of Registered Parties in a By-election for draft of OGI 2018-05 PDFfor draft of OGI 2018-05	HTML Communication Expenses of Registered Parties in a By-election-comments 2018-05 PDFfor comments of OGI 2018-05
Oct. 5, 2018	Nov. 5, 2018	2018-04	Pre-existing Web Content of Registered Parties in an Election for draft of OGI 2018-04 PDFfor draft of OGI 2018-04	Elections Canada	HTML Pre-existing Web Content of Registered Parties in an Election for draft of OGI 2018-04 PDFfor draft of OGI 2018-04	HTML Pre-existing Web Content of Registered Parties in an Election-comments 2018-04 PDFfor comments of OGI 2018-04
Jul. 14, 2017	Aug. 14, 2017	2017-06	Contributions and Commercial Transactions PDF of report 2017-06	Elections Canada	HTML for draft of guideline 2017-06 PDFfor draft of guideline 2017-06	HTML PDF Summary of updates OGI 2017-06
Sep. 20, 2016	Oct. 20, 2016	2016-01	Fundraising PDF of report 2016-01	Elections Canada	HTML for draft of guideline 2016-01 PDFfor draft of guideline 2016-01	HTML PDF Summary of updates OGI 2016-01

Handbooks and guides

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
Jun. 15, 2021	Jun. 15, 2021	2021-02	Political Financing Handbook for Registered Parties and Chief Agents PDFfor OGI 2021-02	Elections Canada	HTML Political Financing Handbook for Registered Parties and Chief Agents PDFfor OGI 2021-02	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2021-02 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2021-02
Nov. 10, 2020	Nov. 10, 2020	2020-06	Regulated Fundraising Events PDFfor OGI 2020-06	Elections Canada	HTML Regulated Fundraising Events for draft of OGI 2020-06 PDFfor draft of OGI 2020-06	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2020-06 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2020-06
Apr. 3, 2020	Apr. 3, 2020	2020-02	Political Financing Handbook for Electoral District Associations and Financial Agents PDFfor OGI 2020-02	Elections Canada	N/A	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2020-02 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2020-02 (Summary of updates)
Feb. 27, 2020	Feb. 27, 2020	2020-01	Political Financing Handbook for Leadership Contestants and Financial Agents PDFfor OGI 2020-01	Elections Canada	HTML Political Financing Handbook for Leadership Contestants and Financial Agents for draft of OGI 2020-01 PDFfor draft of OGI 2020-01	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2020-01 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2020-01
Nov. 12, 2019	Nov. 12, 2019	2019-09	Political Financing Handbook for Candidates and Official Agents – For elections called on or after June 13, 2019 PDFfor OGI 2019-09	Elections Canada	N/A	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2019-09 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2019-09 (Summary of updates)
Jul. 5, 2019	Jul. 5, 2019	2019-05	Guidelines for Candidates' Representatives PDF for final OGI 2019-05	Elections Canada	HTML for draft of guideline 2019-05 PDFfor draft of guideline 2019-05	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2019-05 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2019-05
Jun. 13, 2019	Jun. 13, 2019	2019-03	Political Financing Handbook for Nomination Contestants and Financial Agents – For contests starting on or after June 13, 2019 PDFfor OGI 2019-03	Elections Canada	HTML Political Financing Handbook for Nomination Contestants and Financial Agents for draft of OGI 2019-03 PDFfor draft of OGI 2019-03	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2019-03 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2019-03

Other

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
Jul. 21, 2021	Jul. 21, 2021	2021-03	Canvassing and Campaigning in Residential Areas and Public Places PDF for final OGI 2021-03	Elections Canada	HTML for draft of guideline 2021-03 PDFfor draft of guideline 2021-03	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2021-03 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2021-03
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	2019-10	Candidate and Leader Debates PDF for final OGI 2019-10	Elections Canada	See 2015-03 HTML for draft of guideline 2015-03 PDFfor draft of guideline 2015-03	See 2015-03 HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2015-03 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2015-03
Jul. 26, 2019	Jul. 26, 2019	2019-08	Posting and Displaying Partisan Material at Polling Places PDF for final OGI 2019-08	Elections Canada	HTML for draft of guideline 2019-08 PDFfor draft of guideline 2019-08	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2019-08 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2019-08
Jul. 20, 2016	Aug. 20, 2016	2016-06	Charging for trade show or exhibit facilities and setup at a party convention PDF of report 2016-06	Conservative Party of Canada HTML of report 2016-06 / PDF of report 2016-06	HTML for draft of guideline 2016-06 PDFfor draft of guideline 2016-06	HTML PDF Summary of updates OGI 2016-06