The bill introduces a loophole in the current fundraising event disclosure regime, in that the exact location of a fundraising event will not be required to be disclosed, just the municipality. This will make it essentially impossible to determine whether a lobbyist or someone who wants something from the government is the one organizing or holding the fundraising event. It's a huge step backwards, and it's a recipe for corruption and waste of the public's money, trading of favours and other abuses.
Democracy Watch's position is that nomination contestants, party leadership contestants, parties, riding associations and candidates should all be required to disclose their staff, their top volunteers and campaigners, and their fundraisers. That is in order to be able to track the conflicts of interest that are created by the political favours done by these people.