Lodging election summary returns

Election summary returns from broadcasters and publishers must be lodged via the ECQ’s Electronic Disclosure System (EDS) and are due within 8 weeks after the election. They are a summary of all election campaign advertising that was run on their platform within the election’s capped expenditure period and must include the following details for each advertisement:

• details of each election advertisement broadcast or published for the election
• the type of publication or broadcasting service
• the person at whose request the advertisement was broadcasted / published
• the participant in the election who authorised the advertisement
• dates, time and duration of broadcasts or the journal page and space
• ​whether a charge was made for broadcasting/publishing the advertisement, including the amount charged, and
• whether the amount charged was less than the normal commercial rate.