Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it imposes a minimum administrative monetary penalty of $1,000. Currently, at section 500 of the act, which imposes the penalties for committing an offence, there is no minimum penalty.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We would have to refer—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We would have to refer to the Parliament of Canada Act, to the vacancy provisions, which I don't have in front of me, unfortunately, but I can look it up and get back to you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Right. We just looked it up in the Parliament of Canada Act. This wouldn't result in an automatic vacancy in the House. It would not result in an automatic vacancy, so the person could resign or otherwise.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. As I said earlier, the consequences would be either jail time or a fine, or both.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There is an offence for that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Of course. This is an additional consequence to being found guilty of the offence itself. (Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings]) (Clause 347 agreed to on division) (Clause 348 agreed to)

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It is very precise. It also seems very broad, so it would certainly distract from the case law that already exists in the context of collusion. We cannot predict the exact effects of legislating a concept that already has a lot of legal meaning associated with it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It would face the various penalties that are found in section 500 of the Canada Elections Act, basically fines or imprisonment.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Exactly.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Section 501 of the act includes some other contexts as well as the context of deregistration, which is specifically in subsection 501(2). In subsection 501(3), you can see the various offences that could lead to deregistration currently, for example, entering into prohibited agre

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The motion is quite clear. The concept of illegal practices and corrupt practices is found in section 502 of the Canada Elections Act, and the consequences are found in subsection (3), paragraphs (a) and (b). There is a prohibition on being elected to or sitting in the House of C

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Those are the provisions exactly.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It depends. For an illegal practice, I think it's five years.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In the case of an illegal practice, it's during five years, or in the case of a corrupt practice, it's during the next seven years.