Mr. Speaker, once again, I thank my colleague for his question.
Encouraging a candidate to stand for election when it is not certain that they will actually be elected is not only scandalous but also unlawful.
I will put it another way. In the case of our candidate in Outremont, who won that riding in the September byelection, he spent a lot of money because he was allowed to borrow money. In fact, the banks were willing to lend him money.
However, in other situations, some Bloc, Liberal or Conservative candidates do not stand a very good chance of winning and therefore cannot borrow money from the banks. They cannot do it.
That is the simple answer.