Commissioner and Mr. Chénier, I want to thank you both for appearing today.
I want to follow up on some of the comments from my fellow colleagues about a particular recommendation, B27, inducements by non-residents. I want to deal with a very specific example in my mind, and I want to get your thoughts about it.
I have within my riding a fairly large number of schools that provide services for foreign students, international students, who come to Canada often in order to complete secondary school and prepare potentially for continuing their education in Canada at a post-secondary level.
One of the things that often comes up, and it certainly happened in my election, is they're interested in participating in the Canadian political process. One of the requirements they have, for example, is to get enough volunteer hours, which is a requirement for graduation. In Ontario, they need 40 hours. They often come banging on my door saying that they would like to help me in my election and asking if they get any volunteer hours. These are essentially non-resident international students.
Do they breach the act under the current provision of section 331 by participating in a Canadian election?