Charges – August 1, 2013

Charges Laid

Jacques Chouinard, official agent of a candidate in the 39th federal general election in the electoral district of Alfred-Pellan,

  1. Between on or about the 19th of September 2008 and today, in the City of Laval, in the judicial district of Laval, and/or elsewhere in the Province of Quebec, failed to comply with a requirement of the Chief Electoral Officer under subsection 451(2.2) of the Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9), as amended, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to paragraph 497(1)(u.1) of the Act.
  2. Between on or about the 1st of January 2006 and the 23rd of May 2006, in the City of Laval, in the judicial district of Laval, and/or elsewhere in the Province of Quebec, failed to open, for the sole purpose of the candidate's electoral campaign, a separate bank account in a Canadian financial institution, contrary to subsection 437(1) of the Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9), as amended, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to paragraph 497(1)(r) of the Act.
  3. Between on or about the 1st of January 2006 and on or about the 25th of April 2006, in the City of Laval, in the judicial district of Laval, and/or elsewhere in the Province of Quebec, failed to pay from a separate bank account opened for the sole purpose of the candidate's electoral campaign, all financial transactions in relation to the candidate's campaign that involved the payment of money, contrary to subsection 437(3) of the Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9), as amended, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to paragraph 497(1)(r) of the Act.
  4. Between on or about the 23rd of November 2010 and today, in the City of Laval, in the judicial district of Laval, elsewhere in Quebec, and/or in Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, failed to provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the final statement of the separate bank account opened for the sole purpose of the candidate's electoral campaign after closing the account, contrary to subsection 437(5) of the Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9), as amended, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to paragraph 497(1)(r) of the Act.
  5. Between on or about the 23rd of January 2006 and on or about the 24th of May 2006, in the City of Laval, in the judicial district of Laval, and/or elsewhere in Quebec, failed to pay claims for an expense in relation to an electoral campaign sent in accordance with section 444 of the Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9), as amended, contrary to subsection 445(1) of the Act, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to paragraph 497(1)(t) of the Act.
  6. On or about the 28th of July 2006, in the City of Laval, in the judicial district of Laval, elsewhere in Quebec, and/or in Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, provided the Chief Electoral Officer with a document referred to in subsection 451(1) of the Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9), as amended, that did not substantially set out the information required by subsection 451(2) of the Act, contrary to paragraph 463(1)(b) of the Act, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to paragraph 497(1)(y) of the Act.
  7. On or about the 24th of December 2007, in the City of Laval, in the judicial district of Laval, elsewhere in Quebec, and/or in Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, provided the Chief Electoral Officer with a document referred to in subsection 451(1) of the Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9), as amended, that did not substantially set out the information required by subsection 451(2) of the Act, contrary to paragraph 463(1)(b) of the Act, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to paragraph 497(1)(y) of the Act.


Date modified: