I really liked what I read on page 9. We wondered about this as well, since there is no spending limit and there are two election rules. On page 9, you make a couple of suggestions that are extremely important, if we are interested in changing the Senate, as opposed to abolishing it outright:
a. prohibiting a person from being a registered Senate nominee and a candidate in a federal general election at the same time;
I hadn't thought of that, but it was probably obvious.
b. prohibiting a candidate from incurring advertising expenses as a third party in a Senate consultation held at the same time as the election in which he or she is a candidate; c. ensuring that the provisions relating to collusion and prohibiting various entities working together to circumvent spending limits are sufficiently strong in the bill and in the Canada Elections Act; d. prohibiting all non-monetary transfers from registered parties and associations to Senate nominees.
In your bullet d., you completely rule out the possibility—provided for in the bill—of registered parties and riding associations providing services to candidates.