Which brings me to the questions I would like to ask on point number four, in which he indicates the particulars of the arrangements whereby invoices were provided to the candidates by the party rather than by Retail Media, as the supplier, and the fact that moneys were transferred by the Conservative Party, with control of moneys being retained by means of prearranged bank wire transfer instructions. Well, those instructions were all signed off on by the local campaigns; otherwise, they would not have been honoured by the bank. Therefore, it's indicated that the local campaigns were giving their consent to the ads being run and financed locally.
But if that were really the case, then why is he not investigating the Bloc Québécois?
It was the Bloc Québécois that signed contracts with all its candidates in 2000 to force them to give a specific amount to contribute to national, and I quote, "national" ads. The local candidates were forced to contribute a certain amount for the, and I quote, "national" advertising.
So how can it justify applying a group of rules to our party that was not applied to the others?
I have evidence here in front of me--this is all public evidence--that the Bloc Québécois systematically and openly transferred expenses--not just moneys, but expenses--from the central campaign to the local campaigns.