Welcome, Mr. Mayrand.
Forgive me for a moment, but I think we're going to need some help beyond your expertise on the scope of this particular case. While it applies to one sitting member of Parliament, one could easily imagine a scenario in which there's a dispute between elected MPs and Elections Canada, with that number of MPs being significant enough to determine things like who's the government, determine things like confidence votes. This can have implications that go beyond just one individual member.
I was just reading through this section we keep referring to, subsection 463(2), “Membership in House of Commons Suspended”, “An elected candidate who fails to provide a document...”—it goes into some detail—“...shall not continue to sit or vote as a member...”. Shall be suspended; you're suggesting there's some lack of clarity in that. I read a great deal of clarity in that, that if important documents like this are not provided—as you say, you often seek to settle, to have some sort of arrangement made—they shall be suspended.
Why is there the suggestion that the act is not yet clear enough?