Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Kingsley, for your presentation. I admit to being quite surprised by the extent of your presentation, because the bill seems to be fairly simple in content. I'm actually shocked at some of the things you have pointed out in this bill, with suggestions for alternatives. I get the impression that your department, your staff, were not consulted, or if they were, not very deeply, prior to the preparation of this bill. I also get the impression that you are not very comfortable with its content and the position it will place you in, having to assess the qualities of a political party.
The main question I was coming here to ask you today, which I will certainly ask in a moment, is related to all these things. If we were to seriously deliberate on this bill based on your input, the bill might not pass before the next election, if it comes in the spring, as everyone expects. So I hardly know where to begin, but my first question will be, if this bill did not pass and an election was called in the spring of this year, considering that the existing law has already been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and the new law to replace it would not be in effect, what would you, as the Chief Electoral Officer, do in the matter of enforcement? Would you enforce the existing law, unconstitutional as it is, or would you act in the spirit of the new law that would be in place after something like this is passed? It's a bit of a conundrum for you. What would you do?