Prohibition — spending by foreign third parties

(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.

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 preelection 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.