Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 160, Number 42: PARLIAMENT

October 17, 2026

HOUSE OF COMMONS

First Session, 45th Parliament

PRIVATE BILLS

Standing Order 130, respecting notices of intended applications for private bills, was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on May 24, 2025.

For further information, please contact the Private Members’ Business Office, House of Commons, West Block, Room 314-C, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6, 613‑992‑9511.

Eric Janse
Clerk of the House of Commons

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER

CANADA ELECTIONS ACT AND OTHER ACTS

Coming into force

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 554(1) of the Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9), that the necessary preparations have been made for the bringing into operation of the amendments to that Act made by the following provisions of the Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and to enact An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts, 2026 (S.C. 2026, c. 20) and that those amendments may accordingly apply in an election on the day on which this notice is published:

• section 27, which amends subsection 378(1) of the Canada Elections Act by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d): “(e) expenses related to security.”;
• subsection 40(1), which replaces subparagraph 477.59(2)(a.4)(ii) of the Canada Elections Act by the following: “(ii) an indication of which of those expenses are expenses referred to in any of paragraphs 378(1)(c) to (e), and”;
• subsection 41(1), which replaces paragraph 477.73(3)(c) of the Canada Elections Act by the following: “(c) 60% of the candidate’s paid personal expenses, as set out in their electoral campaign return, other than childcare expenses or expenses referred to in any of paragraphs 378(1)(c) to (e),”;
• subsection 41(2), which amends subsection 477.73(3) of the Canada Elections Act by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (e), by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (f) and by adding the following after paragraph (f): “(g) 65% — to a maximum of $3,250 — of the candidate’s paid expenses referred to in paragraph 378(1)(e).”;
• subsection 42(1), which replaces paragraph 477.74(2)(c) of the Canada Elections Act by the following: “(c) 60% of the candidate’s paid personal expenses, as set out in their electoral campaign return, other than childcare expenses and expenses referred to in any of paragraphs 378(1)(c) to (e),”;
• subsection 42(2), which amends subsection 477.74(2) of the Canada Elections Act by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (e), by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (f) and by adding the following after paragraph (f): “(g) 65% — to a maximum of $3,250 — of the candidate’s paid expenses referred to in paragraph 378(1)(e).”;
• subsection 43(1), which replaces paragraph 477.741(a) of the Canada Elections Act by the following: “(a) 60% of the candidate’s personal expenses, as set out in their electoral campaign return, other than childcare expenses and expenses referred to in any of paragraphs 378(1)(c) to (e), that were paid other than from the bank account referred to in subsection 477.46(1),”; and
• subsection 43(2), which amends section 477.741 of the Canada Elections Act by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding the following after paragraph (b): “(c) 65% of the total of the candidate’s expenses referred to in paragraph 378(1)(e) — to a maximum of $3,250 — as set out in their electoral campaign return, that were paid other than from the bank account referred to in subsection 477.46(1).”

Stéphane Perrault
Chief Electoral Officer