In his report on the 40th general election, Mr. Mayrand recommended another provision, that is, to allow the Chief Electoral Officer to request, if needed, documents from parties to support their election expenses returns. Right now, the Chief Electoral Officer can request documents to support election expenses returns from election candidates or candidates running for leadership, but not directly from parties. However, the parties still receive money directly from the public. The Chief Electoral Officer has been requesting this for a long time. In addition, the House passed a motion to support this change to the legislation, but it is still not in effect. Could you also tell me what you think about that?
On March 31st, 2014. See this statement in context.