Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member first of all for his very constructive suggestions as we have prepared for the introduction and the debate on the bill, and I want to acknowledge the very real concern about foreign, or in any other way inappropriate, implication or involvement in our electoral processes.
The goal is, I think, exactly as the member expresses, such that we would eliminate any kind of side road or back road into advocacy from foreign or dark money or from any other source that does not comprise ordinary Canadians, individuals, giving money to an organization to engage in regulated activities under the act. The 10% threshold of which the member speaks is a very low threshold, so I suppose in extreme cases that 10% might see an extremely small, maybe even infinitesimal, portion of contributions that are undesirable. However, this proposal is a far better cry from the current status quo.