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Alberta court strikes down deposit requirement for federal election candidates

Thursday, November 16, 2017 @ 9:51 AM | By Ian Burns

Individuals seeking to become candidates for the House of Commons will no longer have to pay a $1,000 deposit after an Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench justice declared the provision unconstitutional....

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