Section 320 of the act, which is not open in the bill, is the one being considered by the amendment now before us. Section 320 already requires that the candidate or registered party publishing election advertising insert a mention that the message has been authorized.
To the extent possible, the Canada Elections Act and the bill before us have been drafted with the idea of technological neutrality. We try as much as possible not to identify different media of communication, because we want the rules to be applicable as broadly as possible.
When he testified before you just a few weeks ago, Mr. Cullen, you asked the Chief Electoral Officer a question regarding the application of section 320. You asked him whether it was already applicable to the Internet. My understanding is that he said yes.
The risk, when we start to identify various media in the act, is that doing so will raise questions about the applicability of the rule to other forms of communication.