Can a stay be sought on election restrictions?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Independent Contractors and Businesses Association v British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1597 (CanLII):
In that regard the petitioners refer to Harper v. Canada (Attorney General), 2004 SCC 33 [Harper 2004], which considered a stay on election restrictions. In Harper 2004 the election advertising restrictions were in place for a much shorter time period, that is the election period of 36 days as compared to the referendum period here, approximately 150 days, prior to the general federal election.
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