OTTAWA — Canada’s chief electoral officer is playing down any suggestion that Elections Canada should directly administer political nomination or leadership contests.

In an interview with counsel for a federal inquiry into foreign interference, Stephane Perrault pointed to the importance of parties controlling their own processes and indicated his agency lacks the resources to administer such contests in any event.

Perrault said just because Elections Canada should not itself run nomination and leadership contests "did not mean that there should not be additional rules."{ai:summary}<p>Canada's chief electoral officer, Stephane Perrault, stated that Elections Canada should not manage political nomination or leadership contests. He emphasized the significance of parties maintaining control over their processes and noted a lack of agency resources for such administration.</p><p>#politics</p>

Parties should run own nominations but rules could be stricter: chief electoral officer

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