To my knowledge, there's no clause like that in our Elections Act. If you cause a travesty as a player, a coach or even a fan, whatever the case may be, there's a consequence to behaving that way.
The fact is that we've lost the ability to at least put a barrier in front of unserious people by having a non-refundable deposit. We lost that in 2017, with the Alberta court decision that wasn't appealed. Given that, and the testimony you've given us about whether you think that changing the process for getting people to sign nomination papers might not have the desired outcome, I'm left wondering what we could possibly do.
I can tell you that I am in the riding right next door to Battle River—Crowfoot in Alberta, and I heard more from my constituents during the by-election about how ridiculous it was and how ashamed and embarrassed they were about what was transpiring in the by-election right next door as a result of having over 200 names on the ballot. They used words like “travesty”. They even surmised greater nefarious motives behind that movement than the individual who just testified here did.
Do you think it's possible to craft a part of the legislation that would be enforceable? Who would be the adjudicator of whether or not somebody is making a mockery, distortion or gross misrepresentation of our elections?