Offences at the federal level tend to be dealt with much more stringently. You will see the enforcement powers of the commissioner being enhanced in these amendments, including her ability to compel testimony—all, of course, in the spirit of giving her more latitude and ability to deal with these. They are, in some cases, administrative penalties. We want to give her some discretion around that.
Let me give you some examples of administrative monetary penalties.
In Alberta, in the Election Act, it can be up to $100,000—again, depending on the offence. It's up to $50,000 in British Columbia, $20,000 in Manitoba, and $10,000 for individuals and $100,000 for entities in Ontario. Those would be maximum administrative monetary penalties.
Under other federal pieces of legislation.... It's up to $1 million in the anti-spam legislation. In the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act, it's up to $1 million for individuals. In the Competition Act, it's $750,000. You can see that the quantums are quite different.
