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July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee No, sir.
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee You'll allow me to have some reservations. I think those factors are directly related to the definitions and to the concepts that I presented to you earlier this morning. That follows directly from the responsibilities of the official agents, from the definition of what an electo
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee It didn't constitute a factor that could rule out the five factors I talked about.
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee You're asking me whether I have those manuals in my possession here, today?
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee Yes, the manuals exist. They are available on the Elections Canada's website.
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee I can't assure you that it's available on the website, but it can be made available.
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee I previously answered your colleague's question on that subject. That matter is before the court. It's part of the debate that will be carried on before the Federal Court as to whether candidates could have been misled by the manuals or information forwarded by Elections Canada.
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee Again, it's the matter of the transaction surrounding this program that we referred to the commission.
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee As to the specific offences, there is a whole range, but these remain, in my mind, highly hypothetical. The commissioner's investigation will determine, at the end of the day, if there was an offence.
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee At that point, in my mind, that's purely hypothetical for the purposes of my responsibility under the act. I'm not in a position to draw that conclusion. I don't think that Elections Canada has ever stated that it had found that invoices had been offloaded to candidates. Moreover
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee Based on the information I have before me, I can't know to whom to attribute those expenses. I'm talking about the information that was available in April 2007, at the time I made that decision.
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee I concluded that the expenses claimed had not been incurred by the candidates. For me, the regional, local and national issue is not a consideration in this matter.
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand
Information & Ethics committee That's one of the five reasons I mentioned, that is to say the fact that the commercial value of the transactions was not explained. For example, in a group of candidates, one of those candidates may be required to pay $3,000, whereas his neighbour may have to pay $15,000 for the
July 15th, 2008Committee meeting
Marc Mayrand