Procedure and House Affairs committee   that an effective process be established by Elections Canada and that the political parties be consulted with regard to that process. The next issue is voter identification cards, Mr. Chair. The misuse of voter information cards is quite simply out of control. We have reports of neighbourhoods

Procedure and House Affairs committee   information card is used as a voter identification card. What means are available to the deputy returning officer to not only prove the individual is that individual, but that the individual in fact has the right to vote in terms of citizenship?

Procedure and House Affairs committee   of them has been approved by them. We made it very clear again at the 2006 general election that the voter information card is a voter information card, not a voter identification card.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't want to take up the time of the committee, but while we're on voter identification cards I would like a comment on Canada Post's handling of the voter information card. We've heard from various folks that these voter information cards are dumped en masse in apartment

Procedure and House Affairs committee  While we're on the voter identification card, I was going to add another point, that they're not to be used as ID at the poll. Are you going to bring that forward somewhere else?

Procedure and House Affairs committee   identification cards.... Isn't that an information word? It's a voter information card, my apology. ...being used by persons not eligible to vote.... We've all been through this. A date of birth could be used as a cross-reference. I think the committee is quite aware of where

Procedure and House Affairs committee   identification cards going out and people going to the polls and using them as identification. Obviously, now, if there's a change in identification, they'll have to show something else. You said you were talking to Canada Post, or attempting to talk to Canada Post, about the security

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay, that was one question. I have one last thing on the voter identification cards. They are first-class mail. We pay an awful lot of money to send them out to everybody in this country who's a registered voter. And as we've seen, there are stacks of them that may collect

Canada Elections Act   expect that they would have to properly identify themselves if they want to vote. Under this bill, a voter need only state his or her name and address before being given a ballot. In practice, voters may often just present a voter identification card. However, these cards sent

Canada Elections Act   this to the government, and we are acting on it and being consistent with it. The system that we have in place is a reasonable one. If someone has the voter identification card that is mailed out, they can present that. If they do not have the voter identification card, they can present some sort

Canada Elections Act   because someone who wished to impersonate or fraudulently vote in an election could pick up a voter identification card. These are the cards that are sent out to Canadians by Canada Post with their name and address indicating that they are to vote at a certain polling station

Procedure and House Affairs committee  So we are on the same wavelength here. On page 44, you talk about the voter identification card. There is reference to the fact that it could be considered one of the authorized pieces of ID. I have many reservations about that, and I will tell you why. From the very beginning

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, may I add something about the voter identification card, because I would not want to leave the wrong impression. I know that the accuracy of the list is of concern to a number of people. I would just like to make two points. First, the list covers 93% of voters

Procedure and House Affairs committee   to establish name and address, the VIC in combination with another document. That's the voter identification card.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  , I'm referring to the voter information card--is those students can be registered on campus. If they live in residence, they will receive a voter identification card at their residence. That could help establish their residence on campus, even though their driver's licence shows