Bear with me. I'm going to flip around a little bit to try to explain this.
What we're dealing with here is the definition of a third party. We're making a relatively minor change, but I just want to explain it in two ways.
Line 16 is being amended. It currently refers to a third party being a corporation or entity. Proposed subparagraph 349.4(2)(b)(ii) says:
(ii) it was incorporated, formed or otherwise organized outside Canada; and
We're changing it slightly to say:
(ii) it was incorporated, formed or otherwise organized outside Canada, or it was incorporated, formed or otherwise organized in Canada but no person who is responsible for it is a person described in any of subparagraphs (c)(i) to (iii); and
Proposed subparagraphs (c)(i) to (iii) refer to basically being a Canadian, a permanent resident or someone residing in Canada. We discussed this somewhat differently a little earlier on. We were saying that if there's been an organization, a third party, formed within Canada and no one responsible for this organization lives in Canada, is a Canadian, or is a permanent resident, we would like to see that excluded.
We'll do anything we can to strengthen our election laws against foreign entities influencing Canada. I hope I explained it. It deals with two sections, but I think what we're trying to get at is fairly clear. If there's an entity set up solely for the purpose of influencing an election, with no one running it who has a connection to Canada, we'd like to see this banned.