OTTAWA -- Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer has issued a reminder that the activities of provincial governments are not subject to restrictions under federal election law, in light of controversy over Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s gas-pump sticker campaign.
In the letter, sent two weeks ago, Natyshak raised questions about whether the PC government’s stickers would be in violation of the Canada Elections Act rules on advertising because the stickers are about an issue -- the carbon tax -- that will likely be a topic that arises in the upcoming campaign, should they be placed on pumps by the time the campaign is launched.
Under federal elections law, third parties have to register with Elections Canada, report their contributions and are subject to spending restrictions. Kenney recently said in an interview on CTV’s Question Period that he will be doing whatever he can to ensure that a federal Conservative government is elected in the fall. Much of his provincial campaign was spent attacking Trudeau and vowing to fight the federal government on a bouquet of matters.Should a premier want to take on individually campaigning or pushing out election advertisements, they would have to register as a third party.
“I’m not going to shift interpretations just in the lead up to an election without any Parliamentary or juridical guidance to do that,” Perrault said.
Then the Feds MUSTalso have stickers issued showing the REAL cost of gas in Ontario! It ps right here! On a 50$ fill up...Doug Fraud gets $11.94 and the Feds get 1.93$ Noe tell me who’s costing Ontarians $$$$$!!!