cover image: Suggested Witnesses, and Key Questions for these Witnesses, for the

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Suggested Witnesses, and Key Questions for these Witnesses, for the

23 Mar 2024

While this means the answers to those questions are already known, the witnesses listed below must be called to testify to answer the “Is it true…” questions so that the record of the Factual Phase contains the answers to these questions concerning the gaps in several federal laws. [...] Critical Election Incident Protocol Panel representative(s) a) Is it true that the members of the Critical Election Incident Protocol Panel were all chosen by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Prime Minister and the federal Cabinet? b) Is it true that the Trudeau Liberals’ Cabinet Directive for the Protocol has the following measures? i. [...] Rules and enforcement for contributions c) Is it true that, under the CEA, the annual federal limit on contributions to each federal party is $1,725 in 2024? d) Is it true that the annual federal combined total limit on contributions to the EDAs (and, during an election year, also contestants and candidates) of each federal party is $1,725 in 2024? e) Is it true that, under the CEA, a Canadian cit. [...] If the lobbying is in respect of a federal tax credit? b) Is it true that the rules in the federal Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct (Lobbyists’ Code) only apply to lobbyists who are required to be registered under the Lobbying Act and does not apply to lobbyists who are not required to register? c) Is it true that a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying Act could hold a fundraising event for a federal. [...] Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner a) Is it true that, under Canadian federal laws, it is unclear when exactly a person elected in a federal election becomes an “official” as defined in section 118 of the Criminal Code (the section that defines “official” as it applies in the anti-bribery and other anti-corruption provisions in sections 119-125 of the Code), and unclear when exactly an e.

Authors

Duff Conacher

Pages
14
Published in
Canada