I'll speak first to this and anyone else can jump in.
As a commissioner for taking statutory declarations, I am not required to be a detective, to be 100% sure that this person is who they say they are. However, I have to feel comfortable in taking the oath from that person. When I go through the statutory declaration, I need to have something that makes me feel comfortable that this person is who they say they are. Once I get to that state, then I explain to them the potential repercussions to them for failing to tell the truth to me. I ask them, are they a Canadian citizen, are they over 18 years of age, and is there any reason why they shouldn't be eligible to vote under the Elections Act? Just as if they were in court, swearing to tell the truth, we make them go through that process. So it's not something that people take lightly.