Joint Compliance Audit Committee

The Compliance Audit Committee is mandated by the Municipal Elections Act and governed by Township of Tiny By-law 22-066.  The Act requires that, before October 1st in an election year, Council establish a compliance audit committee for the purposes of Section 88.33 of the Act relative to a possible contravention of the Act's election campaign finance provisions.

Purpose

The Compliance Audit Committee is an investigative/adjudicative body created to enforce provincially enacted laws related to municipal election campaign funding.

The Township of Tiny has partnered with the following Simcoe County municipalities to appoint a Compliance Audit Committee that will serve jointly for the 2022-2026 Council term: 

Adjala-Tosorontio, Bradford-West Gwillimbury, Clearview, Collingwood, Essa, Innisfil, Midland, New Tecumseth, Oro-Medonte, Penetanguishene, Ramara, Severn, Springwater, Tay, Wasaga Beach and the City of Orillia.  All participating municipalities will be passing by-laws to establish the committee and appoint the five (5) members, along with one (1) alternate member.

An application may be submitted by an elector who is entitled to vote in the municipal election and believes on reasonable grounds that a candidate or registered third party advertiser has contravened a provision of the Municipal Elections Act relating to election campaign finances. 

The Committee's purpose is to consider these compliance audit applications and decide whether it should be granted or rejected.  If granted, the Committee would then proceed as follows:

• To appoint an auditor
• To consider the auditor's report and decide whether legal proceedings should be commenced
• To recover the costs of conducting the audit from the applicant if there was no apparent contravention or if there appears to be no reasonable grounds for having made the application.

The County of Simcoe's Clerk will facilitate the compliance audit process. Within ten (10) days of a municipal clerk receiving an application, it will be provided to the Joint Compliance Audit Committee. All reasonable notice of meetings to the public, candidate or third party advertiser, and applicant will be provided.  

To submit an application for a Compliance Audit, please download and print this form.  The deadline to submit an application is June 29, 2023.

Applications may be submitted by mail or delivered in person addressed to the attention of: 

Sue Walton, Director of Legislative Services/Clerk