Vol. 145, No. 29 — July 16, 2011

ARCHIVED — PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS

First Session, Forty-First Parliament

PRIVATE BILLS

Standing Order 130 respecting notices of intended applications for private bills was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on May 28, 2011.

For further information, contact the Private Members’ Business Office, House of Commons, Centre Block, Room 134-C, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6, 613-992-6443.

AUDREY O’BRIEN
Clerk of the House of Commons

ROYAL ASSENT

Sunday, June 26, 2011

This day at eight forty-five in the evening., the Honourable Louise Charron, in her capacity as Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General, proceeded to the Chamber of the Senate, in the Parliament Buildings, and took her seat at the foot of the Throne. The Members of the Senate being assembled, the Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General was pleased to command the attendance of the House of Commons, and that House being present, the following Bills were assented to in Her Majesty’s name by the Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General:

An Act to implement certain provisions of the 2011 budget as updated on June 6, 2011
(Bill C-3, chapter 15, 2011)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mega-trials)
(Bill C-2, chapter 16, 2011)

An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of postal services
(Bill C-6, chapter 17, 2011)

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2012
(Bill C-8, chapter 18, 2011)

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2012
(Bill C-9, chapter 19, 2011)

An Act respecting Queen’s University at Kingston
(Bill S-1001)

GARY W. O’BRIEN
Clerk of the Senate and
Clerk of the Parliaments

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COMMISSIONER OF CANADA ELECTIONS

CANADA ELECTIONS ACT

Compliance agreement

This notice is published by the Commissioner of Canada Elections, pursuant to section 521 of the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9.

On June 6, 2011, the Commissioner of Canada Elections, pursuant to section 517 of the Canada Elections Act, entered into a compliance agreement with Mr. Neil D. Thorogood (hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Party), of the town of Stettler, province of Alberta, who was the official agent in the 2006 and 2008 federal general elections for the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the electoral district of Crowfoot.

The Contracting Party has acknowledged acts that constituted a failure to comply with section 437 of the Canada Elections Act, which requires that the official agent open a separate bank account for the sole purpose of the candidate’s electoral campaign and close that account after the election, once any unpaid claim or surplus has been dealt with.

The Contracting Party acknowledged that the bank account opened for the candidate’s electoral campaign for the 39th federal general election in 2006 was not closed, that the same bank account remained open and was used for the 40th federal general election in 2008, and that a new, separate bank account was therefore not opened for the 2008 general election.

The Contracting Party acknowledged and accepted responsibility for these acts, and is now aware of section 437 of the Act and the offence provisions at paragraph 497(1)(r).

Prior to the conclusion of the agreement, the Commissioner of Canada Elections took into consideration that the Contracting Party undertook to provide, and did provide, the Commissioner with proof that the bank account used for the candidate’s campaigns in the 2006 and 2008 general elections had been closed.

July 4, 2011

WILLIAM H. CORBETT
Commissioner of Canada Elections