Mr. Hubbard's original motion refers to alleged actions during the 2006 election. We now have an amendment on the floor that refers to potential other issues from other parties, which may or may not be there. If this amendment and the motion carry, we will be looking at all of those matters.
Of course, these allegations are most serious. Quite frankly, Mr. Chairman, if we're going to look at the year 2006, I think it's fair that we would have a complete investigation and look at other elections, other years. I don't know what's fair that we would go back to. I suppose it would depend on what Elections Canada would say when they come to our committee.
If this practice, as has been alleged in the original motion—and I'm saying it's not true, of course—has been occurring for past elections, I think it would be incumbent upon this committee not just to look at the 2006 election, but previous elections. That's really the intent of the motion, because we would be conceivably looking at the practices of members who are still here and perhaps other members over the years. Is this a common practice? Has this just been discovered now? If it's an unethical issue, we have an obligation to do a complete, thorough job and to look at other elections.