42. If there are limits on the amount a candidate can spend, what is the limit?
Canada
Answer
A spending limit is set for each electoral district. These limits are calculated according to a formula based on the number of names on the preliminary or revised lists of electors for each electoral district.
Source
Subsection 477.5(1): "The base amount of a candidate’s election expenses in an electoral district is the higher of (a) the amount calculated, on the basis of the preliminary lists of electors for the electoral district, in accordance with subsections (3) to (6), and (b) the amount calculated, on the basis of the revised lists of electors for the electoral district, in accordance with subsections (7) to (10)."
(Canada Elections Act, 2000 - last amended on June 13, 2019).
