Law360 Canada ( February 19, 2025, 10:29 AM EST) -- Appeal by appellant from the decision of the Federal Court dismissing its application for judicial review on grounds that it was unreasonable for Commissioner of Elections (“Commissioner”) to find that distribution of lawn signs was election advertising. The Deputy Commissioner of Canada Elections issued two Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) for alleged violations of the Canada Elections Act (“Act”) by the appellant. The NOVs were issued in relation to certain lawn signs distributed by the appellant during the election period. The lawn signs included a reference to a book written by Ezra Levant. The appellant claimed that the lawn signs were not election advertising for the purposes of the Act. Following a request to the Commissioner for a de novo review of the decision of the Deputy Commissioner to issue the NOVs, the Commissioner maintained the issuance of the NOVs. The appellants sought judicial review of the decision of the Commissioner in the Federal Court. The appellant’s judicial review application was dismissed....