§ CEA s. 349.4Prohibition — 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 pre-election 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.