Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. I've never had a problem with the voter information cards being used to vote at the poll. I think it's partly because I don't know if there is strong evidence of its being abused. It was brought up in the Fair Elections Act debate, but I don't know if those were actually

Procedure and House Affairs committee  For students in particular, though, I've heard evidence, and I have three post-secondary institutions in my riding, and the voter information card was a huge deal for those post-secondary institutions. I'm wondering if that's your experience and if you see the importance

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, if you're speaking specifically about a kid at a university who maybe hasn't changed his address, he wouldn't get the voter information card anyway. To me, the biggest barrier to someone's turning out is not the accessibility factor, but the motivation. If kids

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The information we are getting from witnesses is that there is recognition, not only among youth and students but particularly among seniors as well as indigenous people, that the voter information card has been very valuable. That's the evidence that we've heard, and that's my

Procedure and House Affairs committee  With respect to this bill and the voter information card and the vouching, as well as the commissioner's enhanced ability to enforce the Canada Elections Act, can you talk about those three points and how you feel about them in Bill C-76?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was the vouching, the voter information card, and the commissioner's ability to enforce. Previously you've gone on record as having concerns with respect to the Fair Elections Act. Some of those things you've talked about. You had concerns with respect to the lack

Procedure and House Affairs committee   the act were with regard to prohibiting the authority of the Chief Electoral Officer, or CEO, to authorize the use of the voter information cards as valid ID for voting, and limiting the CEO's authority to carry out voter education and outreach. Students face additional barriers

Procedure and House Affairs committee  How many students do you think may have been impacted by the taking away of voter information cards?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The legislation we're studying right now, Bill C-76, reverses that and brings back the voter information card. Do you think more students would be likely to go out to polls if they were able to use that as one of their pieces of identification?

Procedure and House Affairs committee   of ID, for example a driver's licence, but they still have to make the second piece concrete. Do you think the voter information card is a second concrete piece of identification that is vital to our system?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  A voter information card is not a greeting card I buy at a store, for goodness' sake. It does have a system behind it by which that authentication....probably even more than many of the pieces of ID that you mentioned.

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

Procedure and House Affairs committee   information card. I think that scenario is pretty hard to imagine, but I think a good illustration of that would be what you've mentioned about the students. Have you ever had a student who couldn't provide that identification? Maybe they didn't have it with them and they were able

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I see. I was wondering where the link was going, because I know that was specifically for the House of Commons, not necessarily for.... You're linking it through what the U.K. commission recommends. This question is for both of you, on identification and the voter information

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We're now reinstating the voter information card—as a part, but not the only part—as a backstop to identification. I want to get your thoughts on that, Mr. Marlatt.