Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think the easiest ones would be the clarification of what constitutes election advertising and what constitutes partisan advertising, those two cases. If you want, when I step out, I can give you this and you can have a look at it or pass it around to others if you like.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, and it does. If you look at the election period, any campaigning around an issue that names, that promotes or opposes—which is defined as “naming”—counts as election advertising, so there are restrictions on it. You have to register if you do that, at more than $500.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What I was saying is that under the pre-election period it's worded very carefully, differently, and it's saying that issue-based advertising wouldn't count. The question is, then, if in your issue-based advertising—which in our case would be proportional representation—you say p

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If it's intentional, then make it clear. If it's not intentional, make that clear, too. Right now it's not clear.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Not exactly. I was pointing out that's how they've done it in B.C. You have to figure out how to arrive at a figure. I don't really have a strong opinion to voice on that. We're not looking for, certainly, more than for political parties.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Without my having thought it through a lot.... I notice that Ryan wants to speak on that issue. I'll let him, if he'd like to add something.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, not at all.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Beyond what's already in the bill...?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  During the pre-election.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, I don't have a really strong opinion on that. I would tend to see it as being restrictive. My reading of the bill is that it excluded it for both the pre-election period and the writ period.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My comment on that is that normally when you have these kinds of restrictions, you'd have restrictions at the riding level and also at the national level. You wouldn't have a $5,000 limit if it were focused on one riding. It could be $500 for one riding or it could be $1,000 for

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thanks very much. Thank you for inviting me. I see a few familiar faces in the room. I'm happy to be here. I thought I'd help out by handing out my speaking notes, but I understand that if they are not translated, you're not going to see them for a while. But I would like to po

Electoral Reform committee  Good evening. I realize this is my second chance, but I wanted to finish up some of the thoughts I started to share with you when I testified last week and ran out of time. I also want to formally thank you, on the part of Fair Vote Canada, for all your work on this file. The hou

Electoral Reform committee  It's really not at the expense of rural.... The distribution of seats, rural and urban, stays the same. You don't have an electoral reform and try to rebalance power at that stage.