Bill C-524 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (election advertising)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Kevin Lamoureux Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Defeated, as of Dec. 10, 2014
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Elections Act to require candidates and registered parties that transmit election advertising to the public, whether during an election period or not, to specify in the advertising that they authorize its content. It also requires third parties that transmit election advertising to the public, whether during an election period or not, to specify in the advertising that they are responsible for its content.

Similar bills

C-524 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (election advertising)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-524s:

C-524 (2010) Survivor's Annual Allowance Act

C-524 (2008) An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (exception to inadmissibility)

C-524 (2004) Mathieu Da Costa Day Act

Votes

Dec. 10, 2014 Failed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

Canada Elections ActRoutine Proceedings

June 4th, 2013 / 10:05 a.m.

See context

Liberal

Kevin Lamoureux Liberal Winnipeg North, MB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-524, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (election advertising).

Mr. Speaker, the time has come for us to look at the way political advertising is done in this country. I will make it very clear that this is not about censorship. Any political party can have any type of advertising it wants, whether it is during or outside of the election period.

What this amendment to the Canada Elections Act would do is obligate the leaders of the respective political parties to authorize that they are aware of the content of the advertisements and that they are comfortable with it. This is something Canadians would like to see. It is taking responsibility.

An ad on TV, on the radio or in newsprint would have to be authorized and approved by the leader of that political party. We have seen it in the United States. What it would do is ensure there is more accountability and transparency so the viewer, the listener or the reader clearly knows that the leader of the political party is taking responsibility and has approved of the content of the ad.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)