He explained that the funding that was being transferred to us and then returned to the Conservative Party of Canada was to be used for television advertising.
I made a statement a few moments ago to this committee that my campaign manager asked if we could use it to purchase advertising in the riding. I should clarify that you cannot purchase television advertising in the riding of Labrador. You can purchase radio advertising, but not television advertising. So the money was automatically returned, as we were instructed to do, to the Conservative Party of Canada, with the caveat by Mr. Hudson that the local candidate--namely me, Joe Goudie--or at least the riding would be identified in national television advertising.