Editing Elections Canada (section)

==History==
Elections Canada is an agency of the [[Parliament of Canada]], and reports directly to Parliament rather than to the [[Government of Canada]].<ref name=eca1>{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=The Electoral System of Canada |url=https://www.elections.ca/res/ces/esoc_e.pdf |website=Elections Canada}}</ref><ref name="CanadaElectionsAct">{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2022 |orig-date=May 31, 2000 |title=Canada Elections Act |url=https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-2.01/page-2.html#h-203635 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |publisher=[[Parliament of Canada]] |pages=Part 2 |via=Justice Laws |no-pp=y |postscript=. Last amended June 29, 2021.}}</ref> The agency was created under the government of [[Jean Chretien]] by the [[Canada Elections Act]] on 31 May 2000.<ref name="law1">{{cite news |url=https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/e-2.01/FullText.html |title=Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Canada Elections Act |date=26 March 2025 }}</ref>