Thank you, Chair.
I don't think this burden of proof is that difficult. I think it protects people who might not knowingly or willingly.... We have lots of volunteers, lots of people who are simply doing their best and acting in good faith.
I think the real intent here is to go after somebody who is knowingly violating the elections legislation or the regulations.
That is a very typical burden of proof everywhere else in Canadian statutory law. I don't know what the problem would be in at least considering it. I think intent matters, and if we're going to move away from that philosophical doctrine, I worry about that.