Business of Supply   not have such evidence or documents, I could not exercise my right to vote. That is the reality of the changes to the elections act being proposed today. My second point has to do with voting using the voter information card, which also specifically affects these groups. As my

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for going through what we have already read today in The Globe and Mail. Since the CEO's report on the 2008 election, the usefulness of voter information cards as a counterbalance to some of the obstacles in presenting ID has been clear

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the voter information cards in the last election had a one in six error rate. One out of every six voter information cards sent out contained an error. The problem with errors in those cards is that they allow people to vote in places where they do not live

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would respond in part by quoting Mr. Neufeld, who said: I think Mr. Mayrand is absolutely correct.... And [with] the provision that no one is allowed to use the voter information card that is sent to every individual voter who's registered, I think

Business of Supply   elections clear, predictable, and easier to follow. Finally, the fair elections act would crack down on voter fraud by prohibiting vouching or voter information cards as acceptable forms of ID. This last provision, cracking down on voter fraud by eliminating vouching, is an area

Business of Supply   cannot use the voter information card. There are 38 pieces of ID. Those 38 include 25 pieces of ID that can prove who a person is. Then a person needs to find 1 of 13 pieces of ID to prove where he or she lives. We are really looking at 13 pieces of ID. Those 13 are sometimes

Business of Supply   and the voter information cards as replacements for acceptable identification, I would at this point like to take a few additional minutes to outline for the House precisely why it is imperative that those practices be prohibited. I will first provide a little background information

Business of Supply   their address. That is where the voter information card has been very useful, from Elections Canada's perspective. I will read very briefly from a Toronto Star op-ed piece by Marjaleena Repo, on March 14, entitled “...government's Fair Elections Act: bad news for voters”. She is a senior

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, there are a couple of reasons why the assertions the member made in coming to the question would be wrong. First, he indicated he feels the voter information cards should be used as identification and that would not create any errors or potential for fraud. Frankly

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I should re-emphasize for the member that, when we talk about the voter information cards, there are errors on one in six of these cards. There is clearly something that needs to be addressed here. What he needs to also be clear on is that there are 39 forms

Business of Supply   information cards, as the opposition is calling for them to be used as an acceptable form of identification, and we know that there are errors on one in six. The member has outlined an example in his case. I have heard many other examples like that. One of my colleagues who sits

Business of Supply   to ineligible electors being allowed to vote. That is a fairly clear demonstration that vouching is not leading to election fraud. When asked publicly about why they would ban vouching and the use of voter information cards, Conservatives say that it is because they are trying to cut down

Business of Supply   or voter information card cannot be used as ID, and the limits on the Chief Electoral Officer's ability to carry out advertizing programs. These can be linked so that in each case there is a problem occurring because of each of the reforms. I would maintain that on its surface

Business of Supply   cannot use a voter identification card to prove who one is. Unless the member is intent on committing fraud, which people are going to be able to do no matter what, regardless of whether there is a voter information card available, this whole business of removing the possibility

Procedure and House Affairs committee   makes it more difficult to satisfy voter identification requirements by removing the voter information card from the list of approved type two documents and by eliminating vouching, the fail-safe method. I would encourage a rethinking of both these changes. Only about 85