All right.
Minister, I am perhaps a bit more pessimistic than you are in terms of the activities of the longest ballot committee. In last month's by-election in Terrebonne, it's worth noting that all of the longest ballot committee candidates did have a unique official agent, so they are already complying with one of the changes in this bill. I believe that there were 47 candidates on the ballot in that by-election, and Elections Canada did have to go with the write-in ballot process.
If the longest ballot committee continues to cause these problems, do you think your government may revisit the idea of a deposit of perhaps a smaller amount that would not violate charter rights in section 3 of the charter?
