Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Dec. 1st, 2009

Evidence of meeting #29 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was ontario.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Review of the Referendum Act

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Joe Preston

Marcel Proulx

Claude DeBellefeuille

Also speaking

Lowell Croken Chief Electoral Officer and Chief of Protocol, Legislative Assembly, Elections P.E.I.

Marcel Blanchet Chief Electoral Officer, Élections Québec

Greg Essensa Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Ontario

Clerk of the Committee Ms. Angela Crandall

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NDP

David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

I got the impression that Monsieur Blanchet was about to answer the question about political parties. If there are 30 seconds, could I hear from him, because Quebec is a big, important province.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

Go ahead.

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Chief Electoral Officer, Élections Québec

Marcel Blanchet

In Quebec, we have had three referendums: one in 1980, one in 1992 and one in 1995. And the political parties were very involved.

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An hon. member

Oh yes!

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Some hon. members

Oh, oh!

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NDP

David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Thank you.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

All right, thank you.

The meeting is adjourned.