Well, the Liberal Party of Canada has been through a number of leadership conventions over the past number of years, and we've worked extensively with Elections Canada on trying to define exactly what the rules are.
I understand that there might be concern about allowing multiple-year contributions to a leadership candidate, but I would say that we already have that concept in electoral legislation. An individual can donate to an electoral district association every year; that money can then be transferred to a candidate during an election. So we have the concept: why would we want to limit it on the leadership convention?
I do understand why there might be some concern about raising large amounts of money that create a surplus in a leadership campaign and which would then go to a political party. Although the Canada Elections Act does include broad anti-avoidance provisions, similar to the Income Tax Act, perhaps this could be dealt with by requiring the surplus to be made payable to the Receiver General for Canada.