Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our witnesses.
As you will see, this is very much a non-partisan debate here. I think it's very good and very important. There's actually a private member's motion coming forward fairly soon that will deal a little further...and I thought I heard some recommendations that we should study this further. I think that is a good idea.
We've heard a lot about transparency and accountability. I'm pretty sure we have everyone on the record saying those things are important. If anyone thinks they aren't, please correct me now.
Thank you. I enjoyed the silence.
Mr. Szabo made the comment that we're dealing with donors' money. That is very critical, but there are contributions from taxpayers as well.
I have one quick question. The United States deals with this differently than we do. Do any of the representatives here have affiliates in the United States who could shed some light on what we might do better? Do the Americans treat it differently from what we're proposing in here? We're assuming these amendments will go forward. Is there anyone who has a comment about that?