Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
You cut me off when I tried to raise a point of order. I just wanted to pass along a bit of information. When the NDP transferred some funds, it had not reached its national expense limit. Therefore, the issue is clear. The only party to which Elections Canada refused to transfer funds—the 60% rebate—was the Conservative Party. The only issue on the table at this time involves the Conservative Party.
Elections Canada officials didn't say that we acted improperly. Their regulations state that funds can be transferred, but that the national campaign expense limit cannot be exceeded. The question before us today is the spending limit of the Conservative Party. The party transferred funds to the ridings, over and above this limit, and they wanted to recoup some of the money they spent. I'd like to tell my colleague Mr. Epp that there is a major difference between the two scenarios.