Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, because of the access to databases they have at the federal level. Honestly, I don't know that, provincially, we could come nearly as accurate—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sorry, ID—no, we're different.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe we're different. I think the document list is similar. I think where we might come to a difference--and I don't know for sure, so this is purely opinion--is if you come into the poll, you can bring one or two pieces of ID. We've got your name and address, and we've got

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Is it? I wasn't sure. I know when it was coming around, you had photo ID and there was a lot of discussion. Quite frankly, I didn't follow it all.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, in Ontario you don't have vouching. But the out clause would be that you can take an affidavit that you're qualified.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't have any experience with them whatsoever. I'm just not sure. If I were to consider them, I think I would have to do my homework on them. I don't know who you want educating the public. Do you want a bias, or do you want a non-biased group? I really don't know the answer b

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay, you've asked a couple of questions. On the citizens assembly, when it got elected in 2003, the government said it would review the electoral system and it would do it following a citizens assembly. So they followed the B.C. model. I think that really lent itself to Mr. Reid

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They didn't have anything to do with the question either, just so you know that, because I remember those days. I needed a question and no one was giving me a question, and it was clear it wasn't going to come from them. It was going to cabinet. That aside, the second part was

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think, from the administrative perspective, if you had a template and you called on that template and could bring it in when you needed it—and the template was to take the political debate out of it—the frequency isn't there. What's going to happen is you're going to have two a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, it is, most definitely.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You know, I don't. But let me tell you, I think they were all on the yes side. There might have been a couple of no's in there, but it seemed like, at the time--

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that's a difficult comparison, based on the volume of dollars spent. It wasn't that much money.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I've never heard that. The only one I've heard is that it matters where they are on the ballot. Whether yes or no comes first affects the percentage. They relate that to ease of voting. You will hear that everywhere. That's why countries or jurisdictions rotate names on ballots a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You would like my opinion on preferential balloting?