POLS 3136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canada Elections Act, Beverley Mclachlin
13 Feb 2018
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Constitutional law charter of rights freedom of expression federal elections third party election advertising spending limits attribution, registration and disclosure requirements . Blackout period whether third party election advertising scheme and blackout on third party advertising on polling day infringe freedom of expression if so, whether infringement justifiable . 1 , 2 (b) canada elections act, s. c. 2000, c. 9, ss. The respondent brought an action for a declaration that ss. 323(1) and (3) , 350 to 360 , and362 of the canada elections act were of no force or effect for infringing ss. 2 (b), 2 (d) and 3 of the canadian. Section 350 limits third party election advertising expenses to in a given electoral district and ,000 nationally; s. 351 prohibits individuals or groups from splitting or colluding for the purposes of circumventing these limits; ss. 350 and 351 were in prima facie violation of ss.
