Status of Women committee  That's a great question. Numerous recommendations and studies have been made in the past, going as far back as the Lortie commission in 1991, which made a number of recommendations around the nomination contest. Many of these recommendations are not in play today. Several of them

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry; I think it's a great question, but unfortunately it's not something that we have looked at. As you know, nomination contests are run predominantly by the parties. We have a very minor role—

Status of Women committee  When they are running as an official candidate...?

Status of Women committee  We haven't done any analysis on that.

Status of Women committee  I think Jeff could best answer that.

Status of Women committee  If I could speak for Elections Canada, certainly data makes for better decision-making and informs all of us, so if that were something that Parliament wished to change in the act, certainly Elections Canada would be happy to administer it.

Status of Women committee  I was going to add something, but not so much around the nominations. I did hear this when I attended the campaign school. Granted, this is one school that I've attended. I've not done a lot of these events, but one of the things I did hear was that there was a lot of confusion a

Status of Women committee  Sorry; just for clarification on your question, is it in regard to party spending limits?

Status of Women committee  Okay. I'm not sure if I have a point of view on that. I'm not quite clear on the question.

Status of Women committee  I don't really have a point of view on that. I'm sorry.

Status of Women committee  I think it's an interesting question that I have not thought about. It's an angle I haven't really honestly thought about. I know our CEO has spoken before the procedure and House affairs committee about Bill C-76 and foreign funding. I really wouldn't have any further comment, o

Status of Women committee  Thank you for your question. I think it's an interesting question, and I actually asked the same question myself in preparing for coming to this committee. We don't really have a thorough answer, but if you look at the Statistics Canada studies, you'll see that women tend to liv

Status of Women committee  Perhaps we could take that question, and come back to you—

Status of Women committee  —because we're not quite sure whether there would be a legal.... I suspect there would have to be some kind of legislative change.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.