Mr. Chair, so I'm clear here, I would ask Mr. Chénier this. What you're suggesting then is that without the amendment proposed by Ms. Jennings, currently in the act there are provisions that would allow a member to almost invariably get an extension, and the only reason a member would not be granted an extension, listening to what you have said, is if there was a determination by the Chief Electoral Officer and a judge that he or she had done something deliberately to not file for some other reason.
In most of the cases Ms. Jennings was referring to, I think it would be through inadvertence, or perhaps a legitimate reason due to illness. So the member would not be penalized unduly, because there are provisions currently in the act allowing for an extension to be granted. The way the legislation is currently written, if I interpret what Mr. Chénier is saying correctly, the only people who would not be granted an extension are those who are trying to do something untowards in a deliberate fashion.