It's nevertheless strange that, at the very time the government wants to lower the age of consent for other things, we're having a discussion about a person who can make a contribution.
More seriously, each party establishes rules regarding the minimum age for membership in the party. It seems to me that's a standard. I believe that no political party accepts 11-year-old children as members. That seems to me to be a bit much at that age.
The age of membership could serve us as a guide for determining whether it's possible for a person to contribute. If you consider that, at 16, a person may become a member of a political party, then that person can also support the democratic life of that party by contributing to it.
As to representatives' expenses, that's already provided for in the act. They must be reported. If people don't report them, they violate the Canada Elections Act and are subject to prosecution. To the extent that's done in accordance with the act, we don't have a problem, whether it happens in the Maritimes or Toronto.