The bottom line up front is that the current bill, as it is written, strikes a really good balance.
One thing that we want to be very concerned about is that we're not stifling debate or discouraging people from entering the debate for fear that they accidentally end up being prosecuted for that.
The other challenge that I found in some of my research on disinformation is that the line between what is true and what is false is not always clear. The issue that Mr. Conacher brings up about who is adjudicating that, who is adjudicating what is a true and false claim, is very delicate. It can be very easily weaponized, and we do see it being weaponized in other countries.
To that end, keeping it within the limits of false information about the specific electoral process strikes the right balance. It encourages accurate information available to voters and, at the same time, ensures that we're not stifling any of the sort of debate and open contestation that is required to have a free and fair election.
