Initiative Petition TPAs

An Initiative Petition Third Party Advertiser engages in advertising to promote or oppose a citizen initiative petition, the legislation, policy, or constitutional question proposed by the initiative petition or the subject-matter of the legislation, policy, or constitutional question,

Any eligible person, corporation, trade union, or group that engages in initiative petition advertising is required to register with Elections Alberta when it has incurred or plans to incur Initiative petition advertising expenses of $1,000 or more, or has accepted or plans to accept Initiative petition advertising contributions of $1,000 or more.

Registered Initiative Petition TPAs

Last Updated: October 6, 2025

Deregistered Initiative Petition TPAs

There are currently no deregistered Initiative Petition TPAs.

Contributions

Through their chief financial officer, a registered Initiative Petition TPA can accept initiative petition advertising contributions during an initiative petition period from the following persons and entities:

• persons ordinarily resident in Alberta,
• corporations carrying on business in Alberta and are not prohibited corporations,
• Alberta trade unions, and
• Alberta employee organizations.

There is no contribution limit for contributions made to Initiative Petition TPAs.

Contributions are defined as any money or in-kind donations of real property, goods, or services.

The Initiative Petition TPA chief financial officer is responsible for reporting contributions to Elections Alberta and issuing official contribution receipts to contributors.

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Fundraising Functions

A registered Initiative Petition TPA can hold events and activities to raise funds for initiative petition advertising.

Examples of fundraising events and activities include luncheons, meet & greet events, rallies, golf tournaments, and auctions. Contribution rules limit who can pay to attend events and who can donate/bid at auctions.

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Expenses

Through their chief financial officer, a registered Initiative Petition TPA can spend a maximum of $572,200 on initiative advertising.

Initiative advertising expenses are any expense incurred for the production of an initiative advertising message in the format in which the message is to be transmitted and the acquisition of the means of transmission to the public of an initiative advertising message.

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Filing Deadlines

Through their chief financial officer, registered Initiative Petition TPAs must disclose the details of their financial activities to Elections Alberta through the submission of weekly contribution reports and filing an advertising  report. The reports are required regardless of the level of financial activity, including nil activity if applicable, and are due as follows:

• weekly contribution reports due each Thursday during the initiative petition period, and
• initiative petition advertising report due 3 months after initiative petition period, consisting of a financial statement, contribution report, expense report, and supporting information and documentation.

In addition, independently audited financial statements must be filed if advertising expenses exceed $350,000.

An automatic late filing fee of $500 applies for missing a filing deadline.

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Financial Reporting and Online Financial System (OFS)

Elections Alberta is developing our Financial Reporting website for disclosing registrations and financial reports regarding Initiative Petition TPAs.

In addition, the capacity for registered Initiative Petition TPA chief financial officers to access Elections Alberta’s secure Online Financial System (OFS) for financial reporting is under development. Elections Alberta anticipates the website and system updates to be implemented in 2025. Until then, manual financial forms are made available to Initiative Petition TPA chief financial officers.

Contact finance@elections.ab.ca with any questions.