Mr. Godin raises a fairly important question concerning the representatives of political parties. That appears in the candidate's return, but it's now required that that be done in the candidate's personal expense return. That means it isn't accounted for in that political party's election expenses at the local level. To resolve this situation, it seems to me they should be told that, if they want to pay their representatives, that's an election expense subject to the expense limit. In my view, that would be the way to solve the problem, and we could examine that solution.
As for a person's ability to contribute, I also share Mr. Godin's concerns, but the present act allows a person to pay for someone else's membership. That already happens and it's not illegal. It happens, and we've consulted Elections Canada on the subject.