Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for being here. Your presence is really helpful to us in our study of this bill.
I would like to go back to a point you discussed with Mr. Garneau, which was the risks implicit in any campaign. You say that this activity is in fact our business and that you must consider it from that perspective. How then do you determine whether a campaign is viable or not? What criteria do you use? Do you depend on the polls? As we know, the NDP was not even in the cards when the last election was called.
The second part of my question has to do with collateral. Will that be added to the criteria? We know that political parties will not receive funding from the government in the next election. Will you take that into account in your assessments?