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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
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. 30, 2015	Aug. 30, 2015	2015-04	Election advertising on the Internet PDF for final OGI 2015-04	Elections Canada	HTML for draft of guideline 2015-04 PDFfor draft of guideline 2015-04	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2015-04 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2015-04

Contributions and expenses

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
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
Apr. 24, 2015	May 24, 2015	2014-02	The use of Member of Parliament resources outside of an election period PDF for final OGI 2014-02	Elections Canada	HTML for draft OGI 2014-02 PDF for draft OGI 2014-02	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2014-02 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2014-02

Handbooks and guides

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
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
Jun. 13, 2019	Jun. 13, 2019	2019-04	Political Financing Handbook for Electoral District Associations and Financial Agents PDFfor OGI 2019-04	Elections Canada	HTML Political Financing Handbook for Electoral District Associations and Financial Agents for draft of OGI 2019-04 PDFfor draft of OGI 2019-04	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2019-04 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2019-04
Jun. 13, 2019	Jun. 13, 2019	2019-06	Political Financing Handbook for Registered Parties and Chief Agents PDFfor OGI 2019-06	Elections Canada	HTML Political Financing Handbook for Registered Parties and Chief Agents for draft of OGI 2019-06 PDFfor draft of OGI 2019-06	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2019-06 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2019-06
Dec. 20, 2018	Jan. 20, 2019	2018-08	Regulated Fundraising Events PDF for final OGI 2018-08	Elections Canada	HTML for draft of guideline 2018-08 PDFfor draft of guideline 2018-08	HTML for comments and responses for OGI 2018-08 PDF for comments and responses for OGI 2018-08
Dec. 20, 2018	Jan. 20, 2019	2018-07	Political Financing Handbook for Nomination Contestants and Financial Agents - For contests starting on or after December 21, 2018 for draft of OGI 2018-07 PDFfor draft of OGI 2018-07	Elections Canada	HTML Political Financing Handbook for Nomination Contestants and Financial Agents for draft of OGI 2018-07 PDFfor draft of OGI 2018-07	HTML Political Financing Handbook for Nomination Contestants and Financial Agents-comments 2018-07 PDFfor comments of OGI 2018-07
Feb. 23, 2018	Mar. 23, 2018	2018-01	Political Financing Handbook for Candidates and Official Agents – For elections called before June 13, 2019 for final handbook OGI 2018-01 PDFfor final handbook OGI 2018-01	Elections Canada	N/A	HTML PDF Summary of updates OGI 2018-01 (Summary of updates)
Jun. 15, 2016	Jul. 15, 2016	2016-03	Political Financing Handbook for Nomination Contestants and Financial Agents - For contests that started before December 21, 2018 PDF for final OGI 2016-03	Elections Canada	N/A	HTML PDF Summary of updates OGI 2016-03 (Summary of updates)

Other

Publication date	Effective date	OGI number	Opinion, guideline or interpretation	Request initiated by	Draft used for consultation	Comments and responses
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