Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks for that question. It’s not unusual. In fact, it’s probably more common than not that candidates have some expenses that they incur before there is an official representative, so that the financial aspects remain at arm’s length. Perhaps ordering signs for a remote community or something to ensure that they are there in time, whatever it might be. Usually they are fairly modest. This is to legitimize those expenditures and make it clear that those are legitimate for the actual candidate to be doing spending early on, perhaps even before everything has been formalized.
Bob Bromley on Committee Motion 85-17(5): Expenses Incurred By Candidates, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on June 5th, 2014. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 85-17(5): Expenses Incurred By Candidates, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
June 4th, 2014
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