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OTTAWA — The minister responsible for elections reform says she is aiming to introduce legislation this fall that could impose a time limit on election campaigns.

In an interview, Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould outlined changes her office is considering — including how to deal with foreign “actors” who she said are “getting ever more creative.”

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A House of Commons committee recommended in June that a maximum election writ period be set at 43 days, more than a month shorter than the unprecedented 78-day campaign in 2015.

The chief electoral officer concluded after the last federal election that having no limit on the length of a campaign increased uncertainty for everyone except the incumbent government. Gould said there is “value” in the idea of setting a limit.

“(The election in) 2015 was an anomaly,” she said. “I think it goes back to our political culture, right — in terms of what Canadians are used to, what they expect from elections, when they really start to tune in and turn on in terms of when they’re getting engaged.”