Fixing Canada's unfixed election dates

In the former case, it is the actual date of the regular election that is fixed; in the latter, it is the time of year plus the interval since the previous election, whether regular or premature, that is fixed. [...] The report of the New Brunswick Electoral Commission noted that, spring or fall, the decision should take into account the dates of municipal elections, the school year, the budgetary process and the dates of any federal fixed-term elections (New Brunswick 2004). [...] Hence, the arrangement chosen by BC and Ontario — under which the calendar resumes with the next regular election, held on the first Thursday in October in Ontario and the third Monday in May in BC, in the fourth calendar year following the unscheduled election — should be given the benefit of the doubt. [...] If the president has ordered new March 16, 2003 parliamentary elections, the date of the new election is, following the orders of the president, not earlier than the 1st Sunday after 50 days and not later than the 1st Sunday after 75 days from the time when the order to hold new elections was made public. [...] The beginning and end of the electoral term are on the same day of the week in a month, counting from the beginning of the month.