Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, pass-the-hat events are already under the statute. They're allowed, and I don't see a need to amend that. It's very hard to visualize a political party organizing a major financial event and saying, “under $200 and we'll have all of these outstanding figures from the party

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We found it: $1,550. It's a reasonable amount. You could have said $2,000 and I would have said yes, that's okay. I don't think that members of Parliament as a group can be influenced by a $1,500 contribution.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's why I don't agree with the need to reduce it. If it were $50,000, that would be something else, but $1,500, to my mind, does not do it, because you need so many $1,500 contributions. The concern one would have about $1,500 would be about a particular group of people agre

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was a pleasure. Thank you very much for the opportunity.