Vol. 136, No. 48 — November 30, 2002

PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS

Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Parliament

PRIVATE BILLS

Standing Order 130 respecting notices of intended applications for private bills was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on October 5, 2002.

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

WILLIAM C. CORBETT
Clerk of the House of Commons

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 November 15, 2002, the Commissioner of Canada Elections, pursuant to section 517 of the Canada Elections Act, entered into a compliance agreement with Dwayne Gordon Petzold, of the town of Denbigh, in Ontario, Canada.

In this agreement, Dwayne Gordon Petzold acknowledges having breached subsection 281(d) of the Canada Elections Act during the general election held on November 27, 2000, by applying for a ballot to which he was not entitled at an advance poll on November 20, 2000, in the electoral district of Durham. Dwayne Gordon Petzold's application for registration and special ballot had already been accepted in the electoral district of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington. He subsequently also voted pursuant to that special ballot on November 21, 2000, with the mistaken belief that an elector owning two properties in distinct electoral districts could vote twice.

Prior to the conclusion of the agreement, the Commissioner of Canada Elections has taken into account that Dwayne Gordon Petzold has contributed to the works of a registered non-partisan charitable organization, the Canadian Cancer Society, located in the city of Toronto, in the province of Ontario, as a recognition of the seriousness of the offence.

In summary, the agreement required Dwayne Gordon Petzold to:

— admit to the truthfulness of the facts and admit responsibility for the acts that constitute the offence;

— recognize that requesting a second ballot at the same federal election is prohibited by the Act, regardless of whether one owns more than one property in one or more electoral districts;

— appreciate the gravity of his actions in the electoral process; and

— undertake to comply with the provisions of the Canada Elections Act and to cast a vote only once and in accordance with the provisions of the Act where he decides to exercise his right to vote at a future election.

Ottawa, November 15, 2002

RAYMOND A. LANDRY
Commissioner of Canada Elections

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