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Canada
2021
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
To harmonize disclosure requirements among different types of media, the legislature could consider establishing a single repository and a standard format for advertisement registries.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Secondary thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Canada
2021
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
The legislature could consider defining issue advertising separately from political advertising and providing clear guidance on determining whether an issue is clearly associated with a party or candidate.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Secondary thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Canada
2021
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
The legislature could consider extending the supervision and regulation of political communications to cover bulk communications sent by political parties.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Canada
2021
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
Future regulation of online platforms during electoral periods could focus on increasing the transparency of the algorithms used, especially concerning political advertisement and content recommendations.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Canada
2015
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration could be given to reviewing campaign finance reporting arrangements to assess possibilities for establishing public pre-election reporting, in order to improve transparency and accountability.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Canada
2021
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
To further enhance the transparency of political financing, consideration could be given to requiring political parties to periodically disclose provisional or interim data on contributions and expenditures prior to election day, and for the final campaign accounts to be filed earlier after election day.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Canada
2021
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
To bring regulation of third-party campaign finances closer in line with that of electoral contestants, consideration could be given to introducing additional measures such as registration with Elections Canada prior to incurring any campaign expenses, and limitations on individual and legal entity contributions made to the dedicated accounts for campaign purposes.
Recommendation # in final report:
11
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Canada
2015
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
In order to provide for the effective implementation of paragraph 8 of the OSCE 1990 Copenhagen Document, consideration should be given to full explicit provisions for election observation by both international and citizen observers in electoral legislation.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Citizen and International Observation
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Legal Framework and Electoral System
Canada
2021
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
To provide for the effective implementation of OSCE commitments, the law should be revised to guarantee the access of citizen and international observers to all stages of the electoral process.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Citizen and International Observation
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Canada
2015
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
The Elections Act could be revised to give more time to ROs to recruit polling staff from sources other than political parties.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Election Administration
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