Because the stickers contained an advertising message that opposed the leader of a federal party, the commissioner said it was “election advertising” rather than a partisan activity.
The commissioner accepted an undertaking from the UCP that made several acknowledgments, including that the party believed “in good faith” that the distribution of the bumper stickers was a partisan activity and was exempt from the application of the act’s third-party advertiser regime.
“As acknowledged by the Commissioner of Canada Elections, our organization believed in good faith that we were exempt from registering as a third party given the definition of ‘partisan activity’ of section 349 of the Canada Elections Act excludes activities carried out by a provincial political party,” a statement from UCP president Ryan Becker read.
“We were happy to work collaboratively with the commissioner regarding the matter and reached an agreement to submit a third-party registration and expense report for the production of a ‘Friends Don’t Let Friends Vote Trudeau’ bumper sticker campaign during the 43rd federal election,” Becker said.
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