Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses. It's nice to see you both again.
Dr. Turnbull, I'm going to direct most of my questions to you.
You've testified at this committee in previous Parliaments on this topic, and I've gone back, because when the minister and his team were here, I was trying to get to the bottom of a scenario that, as a new member of Parliament, I find a bit odd. I would argue that most Canadians probably have no idea that foreign money ends up in third party hands, which they can then use for election purposes; I don't know that it's widely understood by the Canadian general public. Under the provisions of the act, there's still the 10% loophole that they're arguing is necessary.
When you were being questioned by Mr. Richards, you said, “I'd be happy if for political contributions that are kept in a separate bank account, like the bill is advocating, those limits applied all the time. I fear that's not going to survive a court challenge.”
I'm curious if you could outline your thoughts on that in more detail.