Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I mentioned, we're updating our investigator's manual, and I will put a chapter in the manual on caution letters, and a generic draft of one so that people can see what they are. Most of the caution letters deal with referrals from Elections Canada, and they don't require a lot of investigation, because they have the paperwork there that shows that somebody filed three months late: there's the document; there's the date on it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Other than for the workload, yes, we can give you some information on complaints. Whether it will be as fulsome as you want I'm not sure, but I can give you a best efforts undertaking.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Much smaller.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Two phenomena have caused me concern in this. If we have elections every two years, we're in trouble because it doubles the workload. The effects of Bill C-24, which requires more and more reporting of financial matters--I think associations have to report certain particulars now that they didn't have to report before--give Elections Canada a much greater grasp of the financial aspects of how campaigns are run.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I will raise this with the CEO and see if I can get an invitation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This poses some difficulty. The CEO and I have discussed the need for our legal positions to be one and the same, so that Elections Canada speaks with one legal voice. But you know as well as I do that when you get five lawyers together, you'll have some difficulties. Whatever the disclaimer may be on an information sheet, if Elections Canada puts out the information sheet and an individual follows it clearly, this would certainly be a factor to be considered, and it would make any prosecution extremely difficult.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Not that I'm giving you an opinion or anything.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If a charge were laid, it would come out in a prosecution. Otherwise, the preliminary assessment may end your complaint, in which case you would be informed. An investigation may take place and nothing more. You would be informed. A compliance agreement may have been entered into.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You would like a laundered version of a caution letter?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think we can.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can tell you now that, of the 86, 47 involved the nomination contest reports being filed late, very late. Another batch involved transfers to a candidate before the candidate was confirmed by the RO--another dozen or so of those. There seems to be a misunderstanding as to when money can be transferred from an association, or when contributions can be made to the campaign for a candidate.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If you weren't sophisticated, you might think, having received two voter information cards, that you could vote twice.