In terms of contribution limits, I indicated in my comments who's eligible to make contributions: individuals, corporations, and trade unions based in Ontario. As to contribution limits, to a political party you can contribute up to $8,400 per year, and on top of that, if there's an election or an event during the year, there'd be an additional $8,400 that could be contributed.
I'll give this year as an example, where we have had by-elections in 2007 and we have a general election that's scheduled for 2007. You could contribute $8,400 to the party on an annual basis, for the by-election, and a third $8,400 through the general election. So it's $8,400 for parties.
For constituency associations, the contribution limit is $1,120, and it's the same for a candidate, $1,120. Any contributor can only contribute to a maximum of five constituency associations—so $5,600 in total—and similarly for candidates, up to a maximum of five candidates.
Those are the contribution limits in Ontario. Clearly, it's a different environment from that in place federally.
As to the experience we've had or what has come to our attention with respect to barriers to entry, it's not our experience, and I have no evidence indicating that there are systemic barriers in our system for candidates to run or for parties to be created. Obviously, all eligible contributions receive a tax credit receipt, so there's some opportunity for smaller parties and entities to raise funds, not necessarily through borrowing money, but in fact through the normal contribution process.