It's the same as NDP-6 and the reasons given by Ms. May I think are correct. It goes back to my earlier point that the system the government has set up here with guidelines and interpretations and opinions is designed to assist and not block or load down the Chief Electoral Officer's work. There is a worry that with the number of parties out there, the ability to ask for interpretations—Tom, an example you might like—almost as often as opposition members ask for written responses to order paper questions. It's the kind of tool you can expect smaller parties to use a lot. I honestly think that having a decision-making mechanism for the Chief Electoral Officer to say that this is inappropriate and if he's forced to spend all kinds of time giving an opinion on something that's inappropriate, even if he makes it short, is going to be a waste of time.
On April 29th, 2014. See this statement in context.