Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think in terms of provisional ballots, the issue we have to keep in mind is...and I know it's something that exists in various jurisdictions and it's used for different purposes. In some jurisdictions it's used, for example, if there's no polling day registration. If you vote o

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That raises the question of, if documentary proof of address is not available, how it would be available later on and whether the work on the returning officer would delay the count of the vote and the result. I must say, I do have some reservation. Until I see clearly how this

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I think those standards at least reflect broadly those—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  With the set of tools that he has already. I don't believe he has fines.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely. I think there are two aspects of this independence that are at issue in a way in this context. One is on the policy side. Our policy advice is provided through this committee, and the work we do with the government in terms of the bill is on the technical side. It's

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If elected members have a concern about the independence, they should feel free to clarify that point. I'm happy to clarify that there is no issue of independence here.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think the bill could provide that the policy of the party must abide by certain standards, such as those found in PIPEDA. We can examine those and provide guidance to the parties ahead of time as to what these standards are. I'm not sure I'm answering the question. Is that wh

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In terms of the policy, we can come back with some more details. My notes here are fairly general, and I would be happy, if the committee wants to have some more detailed recommendations, to do that, but essentially I would be working with the Privacy Commissioner in that regard.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that's a very important point. I think we have to be careful not to put everybody in the same situation. I don't think local campaigns are in the same category as parties. They don't amass large amounts of information. Over time, they don't accumulate that information. Th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If we at least have an anti-avoidance rule to show that in fact there was some form of collusion—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, we don't. I think it should be added to the bill.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Every fact situation is unique, but it would be preferable to have a clear anti-avoidance rule. There is one in the bill for spending, but there isn't one on the contribution side and on the funding side.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If the price of the ticket is such as to cover basically just the cost of running the convention, and my understanding is that this is often the case, that there's not much money made out of party conventions—