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Committee Evidence - PROC-34
2014-04-29
Joe Preston - 11:14
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Brent Rathgeber (Edmonton—St. Albert)
2014-04-29 11:15
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Mr. Chair, my two amendments to Bill C-23 I think logically have to be considered together. IND-2 is on page 86 of the package and IND-1 is on page 1.
Simply, what I am attempting to do is, based on the evidence provided to this committee by Mr. Casey regarding the unlevel playing field between independent candidates and those associated with political parties, it proposes to change the amendment of what is a candidate by adding a new candidate definition in proposed subsection 67(7), which would be my second amendment on page 86. It would allow an individual not affiliated with a political party to apply outside of a writ period directly to the Chief Electoral Officer with the same requisite documents that a candidate would apply during a writ period, that is, $1,000, 100 nominators, and an official agent, and therefore could be declared a candidate outside of a writ period by a Chief Electoral Officer, thereby allowing all the rights and privileges of a candidate, including raising money and issuing tax receipts.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Joe Preston - 11:16
Craig Scott - 11:18
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Brent Rathgeber (Edmonton—St. Albert)
2014-04-29 11:18
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No, the amendments have to be read together. Combined they would, if passed, level the playing field between independent candidates and those related to political parties.
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Joe Preston - 11:20
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Brent Rathgeber (Edmonton—St. Albert)
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Currently under the Canada Elections Act only candidates, political parties, or electoral district associations can raise money outside of a writ period and issue tax credit receipts. My amendments attempt to amend the definition of a candidate to allow an individual who's not affiliated with an official party to apply outside of a writ period, or practically before an election writ is filed, and become a candidate, provided he complies with all the requirements that a candidate would have to comply with during a writ period and be declared a candidate directly by the Chief Electoral Officer, therefore assuming all the rights and privileges, including raising money and issuing tax receipts.
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2014-04-10
Joe Preston - 11:22
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Brent Rathgeber (Edmonton—St. Albert)
2014-04-10 11:22
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Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the committee for that indulgence.
Mr. Casey, first let me say how much I appreciate your advocacy on behalf of independent candidates. I listened with interest about the two sets of rules between party-affiliated candidates and independents, and I couldn't agree more.
In 2006, you were elected as a Conservative candidate in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and in 2008 you were re-elected as an independent. It’s conceivable, based on these differential rules, that the Conservative candidate who campaigned against you in 2008 was able to rely on a surplus you might have left him following the 2006 election.
Is that fair to say?
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Bill Casey - 11:23
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Brent Rathgeber (Edmonton—St. Albert)
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You can appreciate that in 2015 I face the same dilemma where there'll be a Conservative candidate who will be running to unseat me with money that I raised in 2011.
Mr. Bill Casey: I'm familiar with that.
Mr. Brent Rathgeber: Based on your inquiries or your research, have you been able to determine any rational explanation for why Elections Canada and the current legislation prohibits non-affiliated candidates from raising money and/or issuing receipts between writ periods?
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Brent Rathgeber (Edmonton—St. Albert)
2014-04-10 11:23
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You may be aware that in 2003 the Supreme Court ruled that the section 3 charter-protected right to vote extends to more than just the right to cast a ballot. The court indicated that a voter must have an opportunity to balance various ideas in his or her own mind before meaningfully participating in an election process.
In your mind—and I realize you're not a lawyer, Mr. Casey—does the prohibition and the clear handicapping of independent candidates promote fair elections? Or in your non-lawyer view, would that be a violation of the right to meaningful participation in an election?
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2014-04-10 11:24
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Thank you, Mr. Casey. I couldn't have said it better myself.
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