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Compliance Agreements as an Alternative Enforcement Mechanism in Canada’s Federal Election LawMay 26th, 2005
In 2000, the Parliament of Canada enacted a new Canada Elections Act from which several new methods of election law enforcement became available to the Commissioner of Canada Elections - the agent responsible for federal election law enforcement. Included in these new methods is the ability to negotiate voluntary compliance agreements with accused offenders. A voluntary compliance agreement allows the accused offender to avoid criminal prosecution, by admitting wrong doing in a negotiated settlement that includes a lesser form of restitution. Compliance agreements have been widely used in other areas of law for some time, but represent a notable shift in election law enforcement. This paper explores that legal-administrative transition by examining the origin, implementation and effect of voluntary compliance agreements in federal election law enforcement.
