Mr. Art O'Leary:

There will always have to be a deadline. There will always have to be a cut-off date after which somebody cannot withdraw. If candidates withdraw two or three days before polling day, what happens then? The law is clear right now that the closing date for nominations is the closing date. We will have data on trust in the electoral process in about a month.

Our national election and democracy study survey will be available sometime next month and we will have a clearer idea of whether this particular issue had an impact on people's trust in the process.