Procedure and House Affairs committee  It would depend largely on the nature of the home or institution, too, and what confidentiality...whether it's agreements or even laws such as the Health Care Consent Act in Ontario, that applied to that particular facility. It would change with each. I guess since you've had the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can tell you I like in principle your idea, though, and that's the greater penetration through mobile polling to institutions or palliative care for people who are housebound.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We come as an organization that supports a network of academic researchers, disabled persons organizations, and other policy-makers. Individual members who are part of this network do work directly, in all facets, from Veterans Affairs to Elections Canada. Our focus had been prim

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You speak to the issue of enforcement. You're a lawyer. I'm also a lawyer, as is my colleague to my left, and I have a particular interest in administrative law. Clearly my recommendations would need some level of enforcement. You heard that my recommendation was for greater fund

Procedure and House Affairs committee  To your point, too, I did appreciate the current wording has shifted. One might argue that it's shifted in tone, purpose, and even toward a greater vagueness. Certainly our argument would be to open the doors to greater education to, as you noted, the so-called absent citizens, a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think we can't discount the intersection of poverty. As Mr. Brown had noted, if a person is on a disability pension, it's not that they're at a long-term care facility—the vast majority are in the community—but if it's a $30 taxi ride, and then there's a fee to get that ident

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think we could.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can only but concur and say that I've also had a personal experience. There is awkwardness that one might only imagine, in a very practical sense, in how some of the families that are engaged might have differing political views. The person you trust might be your spouse, but p

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'm glad you chose Mr. Brown first; therefore, there's always brilliance to my right.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the invitation this evening. My name is David Shannon. I live in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I had a spinal cord injury 32 years ago. That means I have had the benefit of experiencing many elections using a wheelchair. I'm also the executive director of a non-