S-213An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (demographic information)

What it does

• Requires certain registered parties, those that met a vote threshold in the most recent general election, to post on their websites their candidate selection rules, diversity policies, women candidate targets, and yearly progress.
• Requires parties with no diversity policy, plan, or related rules to post a statement saying why, and any timeline for adopting them.
• Requires registered parties to post the name and contact information of a person who can receive concerns about these website duties.
• Directs the Chief Electoral Officer to collect voluntary self-identification information from candidates, nomination contestants, and leadership contestants, keep it confidential, and use it only for reporting.
• Requires the Chief Electoral Officer to publish anonymized demographic reports after general elections, by-elections, and leadership contests.