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Status and scope

• The source labels Bill C-25 as being at third reading, but its reproduced text also states that it received royal assent on June 18, 2026.
• The text is truncated at the start of Part 2, so it does not identify the electoral districts to be renamed or show the coming-into-force provisions.

Part 1 — Elections

Voting and election conduct

• Prohibits false or misleading information in candidate nomination papers and signing more than one prospective candidate’s nomination paper for the same election. A nomination cannot be rejected solely because a signer broke the multiple-signature rule.
• Expands rules against foreign undue influence and extends protections to party nomination and leadership contests, including prohibitions on bribery, intimidation and certain deceptive practices. The contest rules apply inside and outside Canada.
• Creates an offence for knowingly making or publishing false or misleading statements about specified election processes or results, with the intention of affecting results or disrupting an election.
• Revises impersonation offences to cover misleading images, voice imitations and audio recordings of specified election officials and political figures. There is an exception for material manifestly intended as parody or satire.
• Allows candidates or representatives to sign advance-poll ballot-box seals and requires written notification to candidates when custody of a sealed box changes between election officers.

Political money and privacy

• Bars specified political agents and third parties from accepting contributions in cryptocurrency, money orders or prepaid payment products. Within 30 days of becoming aware of receipt, they must return them unused, destroy them if return is impossible, or convert them to money and send it to the Chief Electoral Officer if neither is possible.
• Restricts foreign property, services and funds for third-party political activity, advertising and election surveys. Third parties also cannot use contributions for specified purposes without knowing the contributor’s name and address.
• Generally requires registered third parties that are not individuals to use contributions from Canadian citizens or permanent residents for specified pre-election and election-period expenses. An organization may use its own funds if contributions from all sources and for any purpose were no more than 10% of its previous year’s revenue, subject to reporting requirements.
• Requires political parties’ privacy policies to address security safeguards, significant-harm breach notification, protection of information transferred to others and annual privacy meetings. The policies must also prohibit specified misleading practices, sales of personal information and public disclosure intended to cause harm.
• Existing registered and eligible parties, and certain applicants, must provide their policy within three months after the transitional provision takes effect. Failure can prevent registration or trigger deregistration procedures.

Enforcement and public costs

• Expands the Commissioner of Canada Elections’ powers concerning attempts, conspiracies, counselling and being an accessory after the fact. For administrative-violation investigations, the Commissioner or an authorized representative may compel attendance, evidence, and preservation or production of relevant material.
• Generally sets maximum administrative penalties at $25,000 for individuals and $100,000 for corporations or entities. For specified financial violations, the maximum also includes twice the amount or value involved.
• Permits certain investigative information to be shared with foreign governments or international organizations under arrangements requiring confidentiality and restricted use.
• Adds security expenses to candidates’ personal expenses and provides for reimbursement of 65%, up to $3,250, under the specified reimbursement provisions. The source does not state a total cost.
• Specified amendments apply to elections called within six months after royal assent, despite the usual provision cited in the bill.

Part 2 — Electoral district names

• Enacts a separate statute to change the names of certain electoral districts following proposals by their MPs. The supplied text ends before the district names and operative details.