52. Must reports from political parties and/or candidates reveal the identity of donors?

Canada

Canada

Answer
Yes
Source

Article 432 (1) For each fiscal period of a registered party, its chief agent shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with (a) a financial transactions return, in the prescribed form, on the registered party’s financial transactions; (b) the auditor’s report on the return made under subsection 435(1); and (c) a declaration in the prescribed form by the chief agent that the return is complete and accurate.

(2) A financial transactions return shall set out (a) the total amount of contributions received by the registered party; (b) the number of contributors; (c) the name and address of each contributor who made contributions of a total amount of more than $200 to the registered party, that total amount, as well as the amount of each of those contributions and the date on which the party received it; (d) the name and address of each contributor who has made a contribution to the registered party that includes a directed contribution as defined in subsection 365(2), the amount of the contribution, the amount of the directed contribution and the date on which the party received it;

(Elections Canada Act, 2000 - last amended on January 1, 2016)

 

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