Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague for practising his French. That is to his credit. In 2014, the previous government changed the Elections Act and did away with voter information cards. All of the parties opposed that. Bill C-76 would bring back the voter information card

Elections Modernization Act   of ID as the reason. The bill before us would restore the authorization of the voter information card as identification at the polls and the practice of vouching by another eligible elector for the identity and residence of someone without the necessary ID. Research has shown

Democratic Reform   that this was particularly true for youth, homeless electors, seniors living in long-term care facilities, as well as indigenous peoples hoping to cast their ballots. It was for this reason that the Chief Electoral Officer authorized the use of the voter information card, commonly known as the “VIC

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is essentially that voter information cards are not an acceptable form of ID. We have just seen in the media this week examples of refugee claimants who received voter eligibility cards in the mail. If they were to not say anything, complete them and send them

Procedure and House Affairs committee   supportive of them. I specifically want to highlight the provision that allows voter information cards as a piece of identification. The voter information card is a staple of electoral administration and, in my humble opinion, a core piece of the Canadian electoral fabric. The voter

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In a declaration, that makes sense. We've talked quite a bit about the voter information card. I'm a big supporter of that, and I realize that the voter information card is not only beneficial to seniors, who often get the attention on this, but also with respect to students

Elections Modernization Act   be. With regard to vouching, but more importantly, with regard to the voter information card as a piece used to establish residency, he said that it is often older women who make use of these cards. They may not have a driver's licence or bills that come in the mail in their names

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I want to raise the issue of the voter information card. I had this discussion many years ago with Jean-Pierre Kingsley, and I pointed out this out to him. The voter information card does provide information on a person. I guess you could falsify one if you wanted to; I don't

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, when I spoke earlier, I talked about the voter card. I never mentioned boundaries or maps. In my question, I was actually referring to the voter information card. The translation is very important. It seems that that is not what the translator heard. When I asked my

Elections Modernization Act   a voter information card received in the mail as some form of acceptable ID. There is a problem with this because, according to Elections Canada, the cards have an error rate of about 16%. This means that in the 2015 election, approximately one million Canadians received an incorrect

Elections Modernization Act   of fear and distrust in our elections through Bill C-23 with the removal of the use of the voter information card to prove address as they felt it was being used by voters to vote multiple times, which as we know, is simply not true. We now see the same fear and divisionary tactics

Elections Modernization Act   enacted by the previous Harper Conservatives, which made it harder for Canadians to vote. Certainly, some of the more egregious aspects of this so-called Fair Elections Act included the elimination of vouching and the voter information cards, also known as the VIC, as a form of proof

Procedure and House Affairs committee   turned away at the polls. That's the only hard data that we have on this matter that we can affirm. Let's be clear. The use of the voter information card at the federal level has occurred in the by-election part of 2011, and in 2011 in specific circumstances. In those circumstances

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, there is no more sacred obligation than to ensure our citizens have the opportunity to vote privately in a democratic election and to ensure their identities are who they say they are. However, the government is implying that the voter information cards mailed out

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, I want to go back to the beginning of the member's speech and make some very clear distinctions around the voter information card. To be clear to anybody who is listening or who inadvertently received a card frm Elections Canada, the voter information card