International Observation of the 43rd Federal General Election

• Author: Gregory Tardi
• Pages: 564-566

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INTENATIONAL OBSERVATION

F THE 43RD FEDEAL

GENEAL ELECTION

Canada’s Oce of the Chief Electoral Ocer is part of a vast inter-

national network of institutions specialising in the administration of

elections. is network comprises national elections organizations and,

in some cases, sub- national ones, along with international organizations.

Most notable among these are the United Nations and the OSCE, the

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

In many instances, elections oces based in states and international

organizations including elections in their portfolio of work send observ-

ers to monitor each others’ elections. For the rd federal general elec-

tion, Canada welcomed national observer delegations from Australia,

Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand, and Sweden.

ere was also an international component to incoming election obser-

vation. From July  to July , , the OSCE carried out a Needs Assess-

ment Mission (NAM) to Canada, to assess the pre-election environment

and preparations for the parliamentary elections. e NAM f‌iled a report

on August , . From our perspective, two matters were of particular

interest in this document. e f‌irst was the NAM’s setting out of Can-

ada’s election law framework.