Election 06

October 22, 2008

COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT

I, Bev Shipley, (hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Party), of the City of Denfield, Ontario, acknowledge that subsection 443(1) of the Canada Elections Act prohibits a candidate from incurring election expenses in an amount that is more than the election expenses limit calculated under section 440 of the Act.

I further acknowledge that the election expenses incurred in the 39th Federal General Election exceeded the limit calculated under section 440 of the Act for the electoral district of Lambton Kent Middlesex due to inadvertence and an honest misunderstanding of what constitutes an election expense. The campaign had election expenses of $83,785.85.  The limit for the electoral district of Lambton Kent Middlesex was $79,323.86.

The Contracting Party acknowledges and accepts responsibility for these acts.

Prior to the conclusion of the agreement, the Commissioner of Canada Elections took into consideration that the Candidate's Electoral Return was filed on the basis of inadvertence and an honest misunderstanding of what constitutes an election expense under section 407 of the Act.

• The Contracting Party consents to the publication of a summary of this Compliance Agreement in the Canada Gazette and on Elections Canada's Web site in accordance with the provisions of section 521 of the Canada Elections Act.
• The Contracting Party acknowledges that the Commissioner has advised him of his right to be represented by counsel and that he has had the opportunity to obtain counsel.
• The Contracting Party understands that this acknowledgement of non-compliance does not constitute a guilty plea in the criminal sense and that no record of conviction is created as a result of admitting responsibility for the activity that constitutes an offence.
• The Contracting Party is hereby authorized to file a corrected Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return to reflect the election expense amount referred to above.