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• Political Financing Handbooks for Parties, Associations, Candidates and Contestants
• Political Financing Handbook for Third Parties (Not an Official OGI)
• Contributions and Fundraising
• Advertising and Other Expenses
• Miscellaneous Activities – Unregulated or Partly Regulated
• Accounting Operations
• Electoral Operations

Political Financing Handbooks for Parties, Associations, Candidates and Contestants

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
Jan. 2, 2025	Jan. 2, 2025	2025-01	Political Financing Handbook for Nomination Contestants and Financial Agents PDFfor OGI 2025-01	Elections Canada	n/a	Summary of updates for OGI 2025-01
Jan. 2, 2025	Jan. 2, 2025	2025-02	Political Financing Handbook for Candidates and Official Agents PDFfor OGI 2025-02	Elections Canada	n/a	Summary of updates for OGI 2025-02
Jan. 2, 2025	Jan. 2, 2025	2025-03	Political Financing Handbook for Registered Parties and Chief Agents PDFfor OGI 2025-03	Elections Canada	n/a	Summary of updates for OGI 2025-03
Jan. 2, 2025	Jan. 2, 2025	2025-04	Political Financing Handbook for Electoral District Associations and Financial Agents PDFfor OGI 2025-04	Elections Canada	n/a	Summary of updates for OGI 2025-04
Jan. 2, 2025	Jan. 2, 2025	2025-05	Political Financing Handbook for Leadership Contestants and Financial Agents PDFfor OGI 2025-05	Elections Canada	n/a	Summary of updates for OGI 2025-05

Political Financing Handbook for Third Parties (Not an Official OGI)

Publication date and effective date	Current edition	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
Nov. 22, 2024	Political Financing Handbook for Third Parties, Financial Agents and Auditors PDFfor Political Financing Handbook for Third Parties, Financial Agents and Auditors	HTML PDFfor Political Financing Handbook for Third Parties, Financial Agents and Auditors	HTML for comments and responses for Political Financing Handbook for Third Parties, Financial Agents and Auditors PDF for comments and responses for Political Financing Handbook for Third Parties, Financial Agents and Auditors

Contributions and Fundraising

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
Jan. 1, 2025	Jan. 1, 2025	2024-03	Fundraising PDF for 2024-03	Elections Canada	HTML Regulated Fundraising Events PDF for 2024-03	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2024-03 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2024-03
Sept. 5, 2023	Sept. 5, 2023	2023-01	Regulated Fundraising Events PDF for 2023-01	Elections Canada	HTML Regulated Fundraising Events PDF for 2023-01	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2023-01 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2023-01
Apr. 11, 2023	Apr. 11, 2023	2022-04	Disclosing the Location of a Regulated Fundraising Event PDFfor OGI 2022-04	Elections Canada	HTML Disclosing the Location of a Regulated Fundraising Event PDFfor OGI 2022-04	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2022-04 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2022-04
Mar. 11, 2022	Apr. 10, 2022	2021-09	Contributions Made Pursuant to Certain Agreements or Representations PDF for final OGI 2021-09	Marijuana Party HTML for Marijuana Party / PDF for Marijuana Party	HTML for draft OGI 2021-09 PDF for draft OGI 2021-09	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2021-09 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2021-09
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
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
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

Advertising and Other Expenses

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
Feb. 28, 2023	Feb. 28, 2023	2022-03	Voter Databases and Election Expenses PDF for final OGI 2022-03	Elections Canada	HTML for draft OGI 2022-03 PDF for draft OGI 2022-03	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2022-03 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2022-03
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
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
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

Miscellaneous Activities – Unregulated or Partly Regulated

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
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	2019-10	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. 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

Accounting Operations

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	2022-02	Irregular Transfers Between Affiliated Political Entities PDF for final OGI 2022-02	Elections Canada	See 2020-07 for draft OGI 2020-07 PDF for draft OGI 2020-07	See 2020-07 for comments and responses for OGI 2020-07 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2020-07
Jun. 9, 2022	Jun. 9, 2022	2022-01	Assets of Deregistered Electoral District Associations PDFfor OGI 2022-01	Elections Canada	HTML Partisan and Election Advertising on the Internet for draft of OGI 2022-01 PDFfor draft of OGI 2022-01	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2022-01 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2022-01
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

Electoral Operations

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
Jan. 15, 2024	Jan. 15, 2024	2023-08	Guidelines for Party Representatives: Observing Special Ballot Counting at Elections Canada’s Administrative Centre PDFfor OGI 2023-08	Elections Canada	HTML Guidelines for Party Representatives: Observing Special Ballot Counting at Elections Canada’s Administrative Centre PDFfor OGI 2023-08	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2023-08 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2023-08
Jan. 15, 2024	Jan. 15, 2024	2023-07	Guidelines for Candidates' Representatives: Service Centres in Local Elections Canada Offices PDFfor OGI 2023-07	Elections Canada	HTML Guidelines for Candidates' Representatives: Service Centres in Local Elections Canada Offices PDFfor OGI 2023-07	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2023-07 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2023-07
Jan. 15, 2024	Jan. 15, 2024	2023-06	Guidelines for Candidates' Representatives: Advance, Ordinary and Mobile Polls PDFfor OGI 2023-06	Elections Canada	HTML Guidelines for Candidates' Representatives: Advance, Ordinary and Mobile Polls PDFfor OGI 2023-06	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2023-06 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2023-06
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
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