I will keep a lid on it, Mr. Chairman. I'm only asking because we've been increasingly frustrated with the elections commissioner, even though it says in our briefing notes that there have been no complaints, and everybody seems satisfied with the status quo and that the independent commissioner is doing all he can. A lot of us are starting to feel that there's one set of election rules for the rich and one for the poor—or the rest of us, at least—because we were always told that if we overspent our election financing by $10, we would not only lose our seat but also not be allowed to run again for x number of years. There are drastic consequences, yet we have a well-publicized, graphic illustration of overspending by a factor of three times the spending limits, and they're willing to take the word of Magna, who was the official agent, that the $75,000 for the party was indeed for the party, because they had to do a lot of “wiring”.
On May 16th, 2006. See this statement in context.