I want to respond to Mr. Fergus.
We're talking about two different things. We're talking about a change in the act, and we're not talking about the definition of partisan political involvement. Partisan politics is very easy to define. It involves the act of giving money to a political party or telling people who they should vote for. It's very clear.
Indirect support is actually much more vague and uncertain. There's an unknown quantity in the bill before us; it's the Canada Revenue Agency's definition, and that's what troubles me. The definition of an indirect partisan political activity is much broader than that of a direct political activity. If it were up to me to define what a "direct activity" is, I would be much more comfortable accepting this change, but the fact that we're giving the CRA the power to define that activity really troubles me.
People in my riding talk to me about many other issues, such as the fact that the CRA has redefined the disability tax credit and the child tax credit.
I'm troubled by the fact that we're leaving this definition in the CRA's hands. We should look at the current definition in the act. Under the bill before us, the CRA would be given the power to define what constitutes political involvement or indirect partisan political activity. That troubles me, and I wanted that to appear in the record.