Information & Ethics committee  To summarize then, you were not included in the drafting stage of Bill C-76. You were not consulted by the minister or her staff as this government went forward with Bill C-76 in an effort to determine electoral reform for Canada.

Information & Ethics committee  Sure. What advice would you give to the next Parliament in regard to this legislation?

Information & Ethics committee  That's pretty significant. When you went to the clause-by-clause process of Bill C-76, I'll going to assume that was in the House procedures committee, PROC. Is that correct?

Information & Ethics committee  Did you explain at the time that you would not be able to comply with this legislation as it was laid out?

Information & Ethics committee  Okay. You're saying, then, that you did not have the opportunity, in the House procedures committee, to explain to the committee why this legislation would not work for your organization, why you would not be able to comply. I know it was said in the preamble that you don't pref

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, no problem. Were you able to express at that time that you would not be able to comply with the legislation as it was laid out?

Information & Ethics committee  The minister and her staff were aware that you would not be able to comply as Bill C-76 was laid out. What was her response to you at that time, when you indicated that your organization would not be able to comply with the legislation as it was presented?

Information & Ethics committee  How? What did they expect, if I may ask?

Information & Ethics committee  Did you have any conversations with the minister or her staff regarding the tools you rolled out in the U.S., which you went into some detail on here?

Information & Ethics committee  What was her response in regard to the tools that were rolled out in the U.S. comparative to the legislation that was presented in Bill C-76? What was her response to those tools, and did she mention if there was any gap between those two items?

Information & Ethics committee  In looking to introduce tools similar to what you have within the U.S., why are you not able to introduce these tools within the Canadian system, and why do they not comply with Bill C-76?

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much, Chair. When Bill C-76 was being drafted, did your organization have the opportunity to meet with the minister?

Information & Ethics committee  Did you have the opportunity to meet with the ministerial staff?

Information & Ethics committee  After the original draft was completed, with the proposed clauses, were you then approached by the minister?

Information & Ethics committee  It's fair to say, then, that you were not consulted by the minister or by ministerial staff until Bill C-76 came to the clause-by-clause procedure, until it became public.