Marginal note:Prohibition — spending by foreign third parties
349.4 (1) A foreign third party shall not incur the following expenses:
(a) partisan activity expenses in relation to a partisan activity that is carried out during a pre-election period;
(b) partisan advertising expenses in relation to a partisan advertising message that is transmitted during that period; and
(c) election survey expenses in relation to an election survey that is conducted during that period.
Marginal note:Definition of foreign third party
(2) In subsection (1), a foreign third party is a third party in respect of which
(a) if the third party is an individual, the individual
(i) is not a Canadian citizen,
(ii) is not a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and
(iii) does not reside in Canada;
(b) if the third party is a corporation or entity,
(i) it does not carry on business in Canada, or its only activity carried on in Canada during a pre-election period consists of doing anything to influence electors during that period to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at the following election, and
(ii) it was incorporated, formed or otherwise organized outside Canada; and
(c) if the third party is a group, no person who is responsible for the group
(i) is a Canadian citizen,
(ii) is a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, or
(iii) resides in Canada.
- 2018, c. 31, s. 223
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