Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Because we have limited time, I'd like to stick to some specific amendments that the NDP is seeking to put forward. It stems from this issue that at least one Liberal leadership candidate seems to have revitalized the youth wing of the Liberal Party to the point where 11-year-olds are donating $5,000 or more. The lineup of kids with their piggy banks seems to be excited.
What worries me is that the national director of the Liberal Party--you, sir--sees nothing wrong with this. You're on record as saying that this is within the guidelines of the Liberal Party to circumvent the rules of the Elections Act, to launder money through your children's bank account, in order to exceed the donation limits that were set so that big money could not control our democratic system.
That's what leads me to believe that we need an amendment to Bill C-2 to preclude the Liberal Party, or any other political party, from knowingly and willingly circumventing the rules for your own gain. The Liberals are like an egg-sucking dog, to use an expression we have on the prairies; once they get used to sucking eggs, there's nothing you can do to make them stop.