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Details of Transfer Payment Programs

1. Name of transfer payment program: Political entity reimbursements and subsidies
2. Start date: Ongoing 3. End date: Ongoing
4. Description: The Act allows eligible registered political parties that obtain at least 2 percent of the total valid votes cast in the most recent general election, or 5 percent of the valid votes cast in the ridings where they endorsed candidates, to be paid a quarterly allowance according to the following formula: the product of $0.4375 and the number of valid votes cast in the most recent general election preceding that quarter, multiplied by the inflation adjustment factor in effect for that quarter. Parties that obtain at least 2 percent of the total valid votes cast in the most recent general election, or 5 percent of the valid votes cast in the ridings where they endorsed candidates, are also eligible to receive election expense reimbursements equal to 50 percent of their paid election expenses in a general election.

The Act allows eligible candidates who are elected or obtain at least 10 percent of the total valid votes cast to receive expense reimbursements equal to 60 percent of their paid election expenses and paid candidate personal expenses.

The Act provides for a subsidy to the auditor of a candidate equal to the lesser of $1,500 or 3 percent of the candidate’s election expenses, to a minimum of $250.

The Act provides for a subsidy to the auditor of a registered electoral district association, up to a maximum of $1,500 of the expenses incurred for the audit. Registered electoral district associations that have accepted contributions or incurred expenses of $5,000 or more in a fiscal period must submit an audit report on their annual financial transactions return.
5. Strategic outcome: Fair, efficient and transparent administration of the political financing provisions of the Canada Elections Act.
6. Expected results: To issue accurate and timely payment in accordance with the Canada Elections Act.
  7.  Forecast Spending
($ thousands)

    2007–08
8.  Planned Spending
($ thousands)

    2008–09
9.   Planned Spending
($ thousands)

      2009–10
10.  Planned Spending
($ thousands)

       2010–11
11. Program activity Elections
12. Total other types of transfer payments
Allowances to eligible political parties and auditors’ subsidies for electoral district associations (political financing provision, Canada Elections Act)

29, 043

29,768

29,768

29,768

Reimbursement of candidates’ and political parties’ election expenses, as well as auditors’ subsidies

339

 

 

 

13. Total program activity

29,382

29,768

29,768

29,768