Following a speech by Michael Cooper (Conservative)
“Mr. Speaker, I agree. There are many measures in this bill that we support, that we have long called for. We have worked with the government, getting it through second reading stage, over to the procedure and House affairs committee. We brought forward some amendments where I think there was a missed opportunity, however. There was an opportunity to fully close well-identified loopholes with respect to foreign funding to third parties. That is something that is unacceptable that needs to be corrected. Those loopholes do need to be closed.”
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 8 wordswhat a shame there is no unanimous consent.ProcedurePositioning · 26 wordsWe would never have turned down an opportunity to be educated and informed.I do not understand why they denied it.It would have been instructive.PositioningClaims · 94 wordsReturning to the speech by my colleague from St. Albert—Sturgeon River, whose thoroughness I appreciate, there is something in Bill C-25 that concerns me somewhat.I agree that we should tighten the parameters a little, particularly when it comes to the endorsing candidates.However, when we collect signatures for a nomination form, which many of us have done, we make a point of telling people that this is not an endorsement of the candidate or the party.It is a recognition that this person is eligible to stand as a candidate in an election.1Reasoning · 67 wordsIn proposing this measure, which prevents people from signing multiple nomination forms in the same election, it seems to me that we are going against that principle in a way.Saying that people can only sign one form is a bit like saying that by signing a nomination form, that person is endorsing that particular candidate.I feel that this measure may go a bit too far.The question · 11 wordsI would like to know what my colleague thinks about that.
