To no one's surprise, of course I have a comment.
I think anything that makes it easier to run and engage in the process is beneficial. I think the 18-month limit, which pervades this bill in so many of the clauses, has its root in the provisions that exist in the Elections Act—and have for some time—about closing off the books in a candidate's campaign and really moving forward. It started just with the campaign's debts and the creditors. Having that time limit extended to three years would certainly be beneficial.
I would suggest that ordinarily the amortization of an awful lot of bank loans is longer than three years. Why should the political borrower be subject to a dramatically tighter timeframe than any commercial borrower? Where is the policy reason for that?