Canada’s Election Law Lets Candidates File for Parliament as Late as Three Weeks Before Election

By Richard Winger Canada holds a parliamentary election on October 19. According to this story, the deadline for candidates file was September 28, which is only three weeks before the election itself.
Candidates get on the ballot by submitting 100 signatures and paying a filing fee of $1,000 Canadian dollars. …read more

Source:: http://ballot-access.org/2015/09/29/canadas-election-law-lets-candidates-file-for-parliament-as-late-as-three-weeks-before-election/