They will need to demonstrate that the revenues are their own. Not all third parties might have the same infrastructure or the same type of accounting and financial statements that other third parties might. There's a bit of flexibility in terms of.... In the act, it would be a statement in line with common accounting principles. They would need to provide that in order to demonstrate the source of those funds. Yes, it is a new requirement because the threshold is a new requirement.
I would just add, in terms of why the requirement is here, why the 10% threshold.... As was noted earlier, the Chief Electoral Officer acknowledged, in his 2022 recommendations report, a couple of approaches to get at the transparency gap that we're talking about. One of them was to have a more restrictive regime where third parties could only use contributions from Canadians and permanent residents. He noted the potentially significant charter risks with that, given that third parties also generate legitimate funds in Canada, Canadian funds. It would have raised some charter questions, which is why he proposed the approach that is reflected in the bill.
