Elections Canada spending surges with new regulations, minorities, The Vancouver Sun (2011)
This article reports on new statistics about the Electoral Management Body in canada, Elections Canada. Spending at Elections Canada has more than quadrupled over the last 10 years, from $2.6 millionin 1999 to (the expected) $30.9 million at the end of 2011, and the EMB explains the spending pattern by saying that in recent years it has been responsible for overseeing major legislative changes and minority governments.
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