I'd support imposing quarterly spending limits for between elections, but not a ban. However, I'd only even support that in the event that it was very simple to administer: the bookkeeping demand on riding associations and parties is already excessive, IMO.

The bigger difficulty would be third party spending: they are also limited during elections from spending excessive amounts in advertising for and against various parties. Should this, too, be carried over in order to be consistent? Would that then be an unreasonable infringement on the right to free speech?