Procedure and House Affairs committee  There are lots of things in the election law already. You have to identify yourself on the ad.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Their role is to say, “Let's not make this money; let's rat out this person.”

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's only if it's foreign that they can't knowingly take it. If it's domestic, they don't even have to report it. It's trusting them entirely and their incentive is to make the money, not to report the ad that will be stopped so that they don't get the money.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. Our recommendation is that this would occur during the six months leading up to the election. That's to enforce the laws that are there against false statements, spending above the limit, the foreign spending that's in this bill, and spending as an unregistered party or putt

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Voter participation, you're saying?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, there are some measures for accessibility to the polls. Lowering the voter ID barrier is fine, but I didn't think it was a huge issue.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, given that 29 pieces of ID could be used before, I think anyone who wanted to vote would have been able to satisfy the requirements. But it's fine to lower it, and it's fine to lower it for expats. I mentioned that these are all good changes. I haven't spoken on any of the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, but I wouldn't say that it will definitely increase participation. I wouldn't even make a prediction about what's going to happen on Thursday in Ontario, let alone what's going to happen a year and a half from now at the federal level, but it lowers barriers, for sure.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. I don't have the definition right in front of me...that you've committed a crime and something about your professional qualifications.... It's been narrowed to make it more enforceable and also to say that you have withdrawn as a candidate, obviously. I don't think it should

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Democracy Watch's proposal for a long time in its honesty in politics campaign has been that, first of all, we thought the provision in there against a pretense or contrivance was enough. We filed the complaint about the electoral promise with the commissioner. The commissioner s

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It is there. The commissioner is not enforcing it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I mentioned fines increasing. They have to increase—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, the leader should pay a fine and the party should also pay a fine.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, and Democracy Watch's recommendation is a minimum of one year's salary, because this is a very serious voter rights issue. It would be a minimal—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The party would have also paid for having a misleader. It has to be stopped. Voters right now are playing poker when they go to vote. They don't know who's bluffing. Their money is on the table.