The relevance, Chair, is that I myself am tempted on occasion to step away from what the committee has defined as the core business of the committee. So I'm just giving an example to show that....
Today, for example, I put in a motion that the committee should study Bill C-6. The relevance of this is that I could easily have put in a motion that says we should be looking at this eight-riding cocktail party, which actually would have been an absolute breach of election financing laws. The jingle is, “the sky is your limit” during this auction. This is the Liberal Party that was at work. They basically were saying, Chair...and it's shocking. Don't fall off your chair, please. They were saying that a successful bid—it was an auction—is not a political contribution and is not eligible for a receipt for income tax purposes. Now, that is a flagrant violation of the Canada Elections Act and election laws and a matter of great concern.
They also said, your successful bid will not affect your annual political contribution limit of $1,100, as if there were no limit whatsoever. I'm just trying to basically put, within the parameters, how critical and how important this particular issue is, and that I would have been tempted to step into that realm. But I've controlled myself.
I just want to finish off here quickly on this one issue.
They went on to say that individuals, partnerships, can you imagine corporations and associations--