Leadership contest expenses

(1) A leadership contest expense is any of the following:

(a) any cost incurred, or non-monetary contribution received, by a leadership contestant, to the extent that the property or service that the cost was incurred for or that was received as a non-monetary contribution is used to directly promote or oppose a leadership contestant during a leadership contest; and

(b) any acceptance by a leadership contestant of a provision of goods or services that is permitted under paragraph 364(2)(c), to the extent that the goods or services are used to directly promote or oppose a leadership contestant during a leadership contest.

Exclusion — fundraising

(2) Expenses for a fundraising activity, other than expenses referred to in paragraphs (3)(a) and (b) that are related to that activity, are not leadership contest expenses under subsection (1).

Inclusions

(3) A leadership contest expense includes a cost incurred for, a non-monetary contribution in relation to, or a provision of goods and services in relation to,

(a) the production of advertising or promotional material;

(b) the distribution, broadcast or publication of such material in any media or by any other means during the leadership contest, including by the use of a capital asset;

(c) the payment of remuneration and expenses to or on behalf of a person for their services as a financial agent or in any other capacity;

(d) securing a meeting space or the supply of light refreshments at meetings;

(e) any product or service provided by a government, a Crown corporation or any other public agency; and

(f) the conduct of surveys or research during a leadership contest.

Definition of cost incurred

(4) In this section, cost incurred means an expense that is incurred by a leadership contestant, whether it is paid or unpaid.

2018, c. 31, s. 251.