Horrors the CPC spent their own money on advertising in the last election. They split those advertising dollars between national and local campaigns. In keeping with how they perceived the rules they applied for a rebate for a portion of those local advertising expenses which is normal practice I gather. EC (Elections Canada) didn't like it and so refused to reimburse those local advertising expenses. Because of this decision the CPC is said to have exceeded the ceiling of $18 million by approx. $1 million. The CPC's position is that EC is wrong and therefore launched a lawsuit to force EC to reimburse the local campaigns. What could happen here? The courts rule in either EC's favour or the CPC. If its in favour of the latter there is no violation of election expenses. If the court rules in favour of the former the CPC party is out the amount being requested for reimbursement and the party is fined for exceeding election spending. That's it in a nutshell folks. To prove criminal activity will be a hard sell and before that happens a negotitated settlement will take place. While the opposition parties and some media will play this up with sensationalistic headlines as if it is the worst thing that could happen ordinary folks will not be able to understand this whole thing much less care about it. They are busy trying to earn enough money to pay for gas that is now costing $1.30 a litre. If the Libs think this is their ticket to power they better think again. I asked my married children who don't follow politics at all and are busy working and raising their familes if they heard about the in and out issue. They all looked at me with a blank look on their faces. When I explained it as best I could they laughed and mentioned they were happy with the $100.00 a month they were receiving for their children.