That said, I do think you're on the right track. I was joking. I think this is fair and I think it solves a problem that most Canadians would have seen as probably unfair.
Moving forward though, there's an expectation that individuals who take out these loans are going to be responsible, they're going to meet their requirements, and they're going to pay them back eventually, with the new rules. There are going to be times when you have rogue candidates, or you're going to have people who just don't pay them back, and don't follow through on their responsibilities. We know there's going to be some punitive action taken toward them by the financial institutions or whoever they owe money to.
What responsibility do the parties and the electoral district associations, EDAs, have when these situations arise where candidates are not responsible?