Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do you mean legally?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Under the existing law, it would depend on when the plane was flying—seriously—and it would seem that it would also depend on the exact wording of the banner behind it. The other comment I would make, just to get back to some of the practicalities—I think as a committee you have

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's an issue of principle involved, but there are also issues of practicality. If this law were enforced right now, first of all, we would have to try to interpret what is political activity, partisan activity, and what is partisan advertising. There's also the issue of sur

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It has a huge chill effect, and we saw that in the 2015 election.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What we got originally was a fair amount of confusion, first of all, on the point that was made about whether or not transmission of messages through the Internet or through social media was, in fact, advertising. It took a long time to get an interpretation. I don't know if it s

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's the interpretation, and it's the chill, it's the tracking, and it's the fear of being in non-conformity with the law and what the consequences would be if we were found to have violated the law.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, especially when we got an interpretation that if we were to hold a rally.... Remember, we were in collective bargaining. A major issue, as we know, was sick leave. This was an issue that was clearly identified with a political party, but so were other political parties talki

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We couldn't have picket signs. We couldn't have banners that mentioned our main message and our main demand. Remember, we're a public sector union, and we are constantly making demands of governments. It's impossible to separate the issue of government from political parties: tha

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's right.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We can't speak on behalf of all civil society—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —but I can tell you and testify that it had a chill effect on our activity as a union representing and negotiating on behalf of members.