Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that there is a selective knowledge or reporting of the Canada Elections Act.
I would point out to this House and to Canadians who are watching this across Canada that every candidate and every official agent signs off on their statements of account. There are a lot of rules and we are asked to abide by them.
From time to time Elections Canada will come back and ask individual members to look at receipts, to provide more information, and we do that gladly. As a matter of fact, if we are in contravention of that, we cannot take our seats in the House. This is not something to be taken lightly and the law of elections in Canada should not be considered to be applied loosely.
Elections Canada has cited the Conservative Party in the last election as having a systematic scheme of contravening--