Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can speak to political parties. There's a desire to provide limits on the amount that people and corporations and unions can pay to political parties in the interest of a fair and balanced system. Third parties perform a different function in society, and to date it hasn't been

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Voters who vote in an advance poll in British Columbia or in Newfoundland have registered their vote at the same time with the same information.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. I'm not agreeing that they're old.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Go ahead.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's difficult to be in Elections Canada's shoes. I know you're going to speak with the acting CEO soon, but one might be a suspicion regarding the problem that you outlined, foreign money finding its way into partisan purposes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  A dramatic change in behaviour of a third party might be reason to arouse the suspicions of someone and make it reasonable to demand the audit trail or the receipts.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, and one of the provisions in Bill C-76 is the commissioner's ability to initiate an investigation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do you mean the election results?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's nothing in the bill that addresses that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They have tried a few things in terms of staggering voter hours. It's interesting that with all the advance polling and the increasing use of advance polls, that actually reduces the problem that you identify, right?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They could certainly ask the contact, but—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't know. You might be better placed to—