Like my colleague's party's activities, all of our activities have been funded by small donors under the $5,000 cap and the taxpayers' money as foreseen under Bill C-24 as well—lest a faulty impression be created by the comments of my friend.
On negative advertising, I don't know that you can ever limit the freedom of expression of a political party, nor, I think, can you limit your observation, Mr. Murphy, to saying the Conservative Party or the Liberal Party were solely engaged in that. I think my other friends on the panel may want to share the load on that one.
Lest we get too fond of Mr. Baird and his Accountability Act, I think it is important that we share the accountability, however. This is a person who ran on a platform of receiving only thousand-dollar contributions, and I note from public filings that he accepted a number of contributions in excess of a thousand dollars for his election campaign and has done so since the election. I think it is important that this be placed on the record for this committee as well.