Madam Chair, to me, Canadians are Canadians.
I don't know how you can take democratic rights away from one group of people. I feel strongly about this. I've worked in the political sphere all my life, and the toughest thing I had to do was to withdraw from the last campaign because of rule 8. I object to that. I have a right to be able to work on behalf of a political party.
Okay, so I'm getting on, and maybe campaigning has passed me by, but think about all these young people coming up in our profession. Why shouldn't they be able to run a campaign or take part in a national campaign? What a tremendous experience they'd be gaining. I just want us to be treated like everyone else.