Fine, but you have not answered my question. You have reduced donations to $1,000. Let's say I belong to a provincial party and that my party has enough money to help its federal counterpart. My provincial party gives me money — I am an individual — and I hand that money over to the federal party. That does not go against the law. From now on, unions are not allowed to make donations to the NDP anymore and private companies are not allowed to donate to the Liberals, but you have not said that provincial parties can't support their federal counterparts, which comes back to exactly what the unions and private companies were doing.
On May 16th, 2006. See this statement in context.