Let's start with the premise, which, of course, applies to all political parties represented here and all others. Full disclosure must be given of a political donation. It must be done in a timely way, done by event and done in the most transparent way that we've witnessed, perhaps, in the world.
To go the additional step—which, I would argue, is a second reporting obligation—of publishing someone's home address on the Internet and leaving it there in perpetuity is inviting harassment. It would dissuade people from participating in the political process in ways that are obviously legitimate and dissuade them in ways we do not want to encourage in Canada. Publishing someone's address, whether it be—as these amendments foresee—that of election officials or people who are quite legitimately participating in the political process in other ways, would be, in this day and age, a risk we should not take.
