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Description
The Election Compliance Audit Committee is an arm’s length City of Ottawa Committee and does not report to Ottawa City Council. Election Compliance Audit Committee reviews applications for compliance audits of the election campaign finances of candidates and registered third-party advertisers and considers report(s) from the City Clerk and Solicitor on apparent contraventions of contribution limits.
Agendas, minutes, decisions and more information on the Election Compliance Audit Committee may be found at: http://ottawa.ca/ecac
A
B
A
Completes
the
housekeeping
matters,
the
rules
provide
that
an
opening
statement
shall
be
made
by
the
chair
at
the
opening
of
the
hearing
at
which
an
application,
one
of
more
applications
are
to
be
considered
before
can,
and
I
do
so
now
before
consideration
I'd
like
to
clarify
the
committee's
purpose
here
today,
the
purpose
is
the
committee's
purpose:
is
a
pre-investigative
one.
We
act
in
common
parlance,
perhaps
as
a
gatekeeper
to
look
at
applications
not
to
applications.
A
A
With
respect
to
reports
coming
to
the
committee
from
the
city
clerk,
we
happen
to
have
on
the
agenda
two
applications
today
for
an
audit
and
we'll
deal
with
them,
but
the
new
thing
in
the
rules
and
the
legislation
is
that
in
dealing
with
those
applications,
we'll
give
a
decision,
and
the
decision
will
contain
brief
written
reasons
for
our
decision.
That
is
a
new
provision
in
the
act
and
will
necessitate
I
think
possible
deliberations
in
private,
which
are
expressly
authorized
by
the
act
when
we
didn't
have
to
give
any
written
decisions.
A
Quite
frankly,
all
members
of
the
committee
or
different
members
of
the
committee
may
have
had
different
reasons
for
the
decisions.
Now
the
legislation
requires
the
committee
to
give
its
decision
and
its
reasoning,
therefore,
the
need
for
occasionally,
if
meeting
in
private,
to
decide
what
the
reasons
are
motivating
each
individual
member
of
the
committee
and
if
we
agree
on
the
reasons
they
can
be
written
note
at
that
time.
A
If
the
committee
does
deliberate
and
private
its
decision
will
be
reported,
a
motion
will
be
made
in
the
open
following
the
deliberations
in
private,
so
that
our
reasons
are
public
and
and
will
be
voted
on
in
public.
We'll
have
to
see
as
I
say.
That's
a
new
provision
and
we'll
have
to
see
how
that
works
out
in
practice,
but
I'm,
confident
with
the
members
that
we
have
on
the
committee
representing
various
areas
of
expertise
and
experience,
were
going
to
be
able
to.
A
A
When
all
the
questions
have
been
asked
and
we've
heard
what
both
parties
have
this-
the
applicant
and
the
candidate
members,
each
will
be
allowed
an
opportunity
to
speak
to
the
motion
and
ask
questions
of
staff
if
they
have
any
questions
and
will
decide
at
that
point
whether
we
wish
to
have
deliberations
or
need
to
have
deliberations
in
private.
Well,
we
can,
with
the
vote,
to
be
followed
in
public.
A
A
A
C
C
C
That
good
mr.
chair,
okay,
Thank
You
mr.
chair,
as
you
indicated,
that
the
the
threshold
for
the
committee
here
today
is
to
determine
whether
there
are
reasonable
grounds
to
believe
that
the
candidate
has
contravened
a
provision
of
the
Act.
As
many
of
you
know
we're
all
of
you
know,
Canadian
courts
have
established
that
that
reasonable
grounds
test
means
a
bona
fide
belief
in
a
serious
possibility,
based
on
credible
evidence.
C
The
first
issue
raised
is,
with
regards
to
the
website,
cost
that
website
development
and
hosting
cost
eight
hundred
forty
seven
dollars
and
fifty
cents.
That
invoice
is
the
first
invoice
in
that
package
that
you
have
for
website
design
and
development
site
hosting
and
a
candidate
profile
picture
totaling
eight,
forty
seven.
Fifty
that
cost
was
included
in
the
advertising
component
of
the
form
for
the.
C
Second
item
in
the
application
is
with
regards
to
the
annual
fall
hi
t.
This
was
not
a
campaign
event.
Candidate
des
rues
received
written
clearance
from
the
City
Clerk's
office
to
hold
this
annual
event
of
the
email
from
mr.
O'connor
to
candidate
de
Rosas
campaign
is
provided.
That's
at
the
next
page
of
the
package.
You
will
see
an
email
from
rick
o'connor.
In
the
first
paragraph
I
hereby
approve
a
general
exemption
to
the
blackout
period.
Provision
of
the
city's
election
related
resources
policies
such
at
this
annual
community
event.
C
C
All
of
those
expenses
were
properly
recorded
under
advertising
or
meeting
hosted
on
forum
for
those
expenses
include,
and
turning
to
the
next
page
of
the
document,
an
invoice
for
rental
space
of
the
booth
at
the
fair
payable
to
Metcalf
agricultural
society
for
$200
the
next
page.
One
hundred
and
thirty
six
dollars
and
80
cents
for
popcorn
to
pop
up
popcorn,
the
next
page,
seventy
nine
dollars
and
ten
cents
payable
to
J&J
sales,
food
broker
for
Papa,
Jack,
bulk,
popcorn
and
then.
C
C
C
There's
one
item:
there's
four:
either:
there's
a
total
of
2,000
260,
but
there's
one
item
for
the
canopy
and
8
by
8:
canopy
$250.
Okay,
thank
you
with
respect
to
the
t-shirts
that
were
observed,
candidate
de
Roos
ordered
and
sold
t-shirts
as
part
of
his
campaign
launch
fundraising
activity
held
on
July
29,
2018,
500
$8.50
was
paid
new
graphic
tree
and
593
dollars
and
25
cents
was
paid
to
bar
Haven
source
for
sports
for
their
production
of
these
fundraising
t-shirts.
Those
invoices
are
found
at
the
next
two
pages.
C
Turning
to
item
issue
number
four
with
regards
to
the
promotional
brochure
and
the
mailing
cost,
the
next
page
of
the
invoices
is
invoice
payable
to
Andrea
Kent
you'll,
see
at
the
bottom
of
that
page.
This
is
for
design
and
services
rendered.
This
is
the
brochure
total
of
two
hundred
eighty
two
dollars
and
thirty
cents,
so
that
was
the
production
of
the
brochure
and
then
turning
to
the
next
several
pages
are
the
Canada
Post
invoices
for
the
mailing.
A
A
C
Know,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr.
chair,
so
that
those
Canada
Post
invoices
are
properly
recorded.
Number
five
issue.
Number
five
relates
to
expenses
attributable
to
the
installation
of
signs
at
Metcalf
park.
On
the
day
of
the
Metcalf
community
association
fund,
a
councillor
de
Roos
or
candidate
de
Roos
had
distributed
all
of
his
campaign
signs
weeks
before
this
event,
they
had
all
been
posted.
He
had
no
more
to
post
at
that
time.
So
if
someone
relocated
signs
on
their
own
to
a
specific
event,
he
has
no
control
over
that.
C
Obviously,
there's
no
obligation
to
record
an
expense
associated
with
someone
relocating
a
sign
on
their
own
and
the
thousand
dollar
expense
attributable
to
the
sign
removal.
Well,
that
was
necessary,
given
the
short
48
hour
period,
which
two
candidates
required
to
remove
all
signs.
He
had
to
pay
people
to
make
sure
that
he
complied
with
that.
So
that's
why
there's
there's
an
expense
attributable
to
sign
room
removal
number
six.
Regarding
the
alleged
absence
of
a
value
attributable
signs
reused
in
the
previous
election,
there
were
no
signs
from
the
previous
election
used
now
very
briefly.
C
He
can't
control
that
I
would
submit
to
you
that
across
the
City
of
Ottawa,
I
would
venture
to
guess
that
one
or
two
signs
from
any
previously
successful
candidate
might
have
been
found
to
have
been
erected.
It's
not
the
candidates,
the
candidates
obligation
to
make
sure
that
that
wasn't
done.
Certainly
if
he
had
observed
any,
he
would
have
removed
them
and
finally,
with
regards
to
the
requirement
to
account
for
gas
used
in
his
car
to
travel
to
campaign
events,
that's
simply
an
absurd
suggestion.
Mr.
C
chair
there's
no
duty
to
account
for
the
a
few
dollars
of
gas
to
attend
an
event,
just
as
there's
no
requirement
to
attribute
a
value
to
the
use
of
his
own
car
and
the
insurance
for
that
car
for
him
to
get
to
the
event.
For
example,
in
summary,
mr.
chair
members
of
the
committee,
the
candidate
is
properly
accounted
for
all
expenses
incurred
in
his
campaign.
His
expenses
fell
nearly
three
thousand
dollars
below
the
authorized
campaign,
expense
limit,
and
this
committee
should
put
an
end
to
this
matter
today.
Thank
you
very
much
candidate.
B
Just
just
once,
just
one
small
point
of
clarification,
I
didn't
at
the
patient
were
going
to
get
a
chance
to
resourcing
the
annual
T
thing.
As
I
understand,
it
was
not
a
candidates
event.
It
was
an
annual
event
that
the
candidate
is
involved
with
year
after
year
after
year,
and
that
the
candidate
explicitly
discussed
this
matter
in
advance
with
the
city
clerk
to
ensure
there
was
no
conflict.
Is
that.
C
D
Can
speak?
Okay,
miss
miss
Linda
Ruth.
You
said
that
you
haven't,
you
did
not
use
any
signs
from
your
previous
election
campaign.
Do
you
use
any
other
like
office
equipments
from
previous
election
in
the
2014
election,
because
I
have
your
financial
statement
with
me
under
the
expenses
inventory
from
previous
campaign
used
in
this
campaign?
Is
zero
amount?
I
shall
make
sure
to
use
any
other
other
designs
from
previous
campaign?
D
E
To
clarify
with
this,
whatever
we
went
after
the
election
was
over
with
and
I
knew
that
we're
going
to
change
our
logo
and
our
marketing,
because
now
we're
going
for
reelection.
Instead
of
vote,
we
destroyed
everything
we
had
on
signs.
We
send
them
to
the
to
the
proper
recycle
and
those
signs
that,
if
someone
has
one
or
two
like
mr.
D
E
E
We
did,
we
didn't
have
a
campus
we
did
have.
We
did
have
a
when
we
when
we
did
our
campaign.
If
you
look
at
the
bill
number
one,
when
we
set
up
our
website,
we
also
had
we
with
in
with,
within
those
expenses,
we
had
we
bought
voice-over-ip,
which
is
it's
free,
app
that
you
can
get
on
on
the
phone
and
that's
how
we
were
communicating
and
our
campaign
five
to
one
number.
Every
was
forward
always
to
my
house.