Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Bill C-76 Passed By Senate Just In Time To Apply For 2019 Vote

OTTAWA — Legislation aimed at preventing foreign interference and constraining the influence of big money in Canadian elections has been approved by the Senate.
Bill C-76 passed in the upper house late Monday on a vote of 54-31 and is expected to receive royal assent later this week.
That means the reforms will apply during next year's federal election campaign.

Chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault had warned that the much-delayed bill must go into effect by the end of this year if the independent elections watchdog was to have time to implement the reforms for next year's campaign. Read more

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Anonymous said...

Thank you Gyula.

Hope you found my comment earlier. Please keep sharing, and guiding us.

Many regards,

Katy

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