Procedure and House Affairs committee   problems may exist, Elections Canada should exhaust other options first before addressing those problems before closing off possible, valid methods of identification. Therefore, we support restoring vouching and enabling the use of voter information cards as valid methods

Procedure and House Affairs committee   support for portions of the bill that reverse some of the negative changes that were made when Parliament passed the so-called Fair Elections Act. We welcome the provisions that allow for the use of voter information cards, the return of vouching, as well as the loosening

Procedure and House Affairs committee   of the Chief Electoral Officer to authorize the notice of confirmation of registration, the voter information card, as identification. This is a welcome step in our view. We also support the restoration of the ability of the Chief Electoral Officer to undertake public education

Procedure and House Affairs committee   Canadians work the polls on a general election. We are 15 months away from the 43rd general election and nothing has been put into law. Improvements that are of particular note are the use of voter information cards as a piece of valid ID. This should speed up the voting process

Procedure and House Affairs committee   would share my opinion—is informing people of the logistics of voting. In other words, there are a lot of different IDs that are available. You're advocating bringing back the idea of a voter information card, but there are 39 forms that exist now. I think a lot of people aren't

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Have you ever—and this is for all three witnesses—witnessed voter fraud to do with VICs, voter information cards?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Before I ask any questions, I want to make a little editorial. The fundamental issue that relates to people being able to vote without identification, the various mechanisms that have been provided, such as the use of the voter information card and so on, all comes down

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I appreciate that. One of the most important changes coming in this bill is vouching. We're going to bring back vouching, a little better than it was under Bill C-23, and restore the use of the voter information card. How long will it take you to set those up to make sure

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is largely a matter of training, of having the proper manuals in place and making adjustments to the format of the voter information card. All of that can be done, and the work on that has been prepared.

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  Okay, I appreciate that. I want to go to one of the first things you talked about. I couldn't agree with you more about the voter information card, as you put it, being a staple for our voting, the core. I want to thank you for that because I am glad it is returning. Within

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  No, of course. Bill C-76 would lift the prohibition on identifying the voter information card as one of the potential pieces of identification that can be used, but if these amendments are passed, someone presenting himself or herself with a voter information card at a poll

Procedure and House Affairs committee  . ... These letters say the recipient is not registered to vote. They invite the recipient to register “if” they are a Canadian citizen and at least 18 years of age. “Voter registration letters for potential electors are not the same thing as voter information cards. ... Voter information cards

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sure. This essentially just goes back to a voter information card not being an acceptable form of ID. Even with supplementary identification, we're very concerned that someone could just go and get a library card or a Costco card and use it as a supplementary form