Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that my colleague is trying to improve the motion here, but I think that not having a cap on the rebate amount will encourage people to actually spend more money. There is no reason to encourage people to spend more money.
What will happen in this case is that people who have the financial means to spend more will get more money back, and historically, that has meant men, when you look at who the big spenders are in the last two elections. Granted, there are always fewer women candidates, but the benefit would be primarily to those male candidates.
There is also a possibility that this motion will discourage people from fundraising, which I think is very unfortunate. I think that fundraising for campaigns is the cornerstone of connecting with the community and having people support your candidacy in a very tangible way so that they have, literally, a buy-in into having the candidate here as an MLA.
For the reasons that I don't agree, no cap with an unlimited rebate amount, and I am not sure that an unlimited amount will be particularly effective for women, I do not support this motion. Thank you.