As regards the idea of classifying membership fees and contributions, I don't see anything against it, in principle. However, guidelines should be established because there could be membership fees for honorary members representing several hundreds, even thousands of dollars. So some guidelines should be set, taking into account the different cultures within the various parties. We should also take into consideration the fact that these membership fees include membership-related costs. Should they be subtracted from the total amount? A membership can be sold for $25 and cost the party $10 in administrative fees. Is that $10 amount eligible or not? That question should be considered.
As for debts, the act already provides that registered riding associations borrow and transfer funds to the candidate. Consequently, the candidate has no debts as such. Furthermore, candidates must have paid off all their bills before they can file their financial return, and do so within 90 days. So the act already contains provisions on loans.
As for the limits included in the act for leadership races, a trend has emerged in the past 15 years or so, in that the acts limit the amounts that can be spent in the context of a nomination. There remain leadership expenses. The cultures of the different parties and the different types of parties have to be taken into account. Obviously, a party that has a number of candidates won't adopt the same procedures for its leadership race as another party. However, I think we should start thinking about this and eventually include provisions on spending limits in the act.