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Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't have much to add. That really hits the nail on the head. I'd simply say that when we compare, in part, responding to the previous comment, or the previous committee member, the vanishingly small possibility of fraud or impropriety with the certainty of effective disenfran

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Jamie Biggar

Procedure and House Affairs committee  On this particular issue, we haven't run an active campaign. I haven't solicited feedback from our community on it. In that context, we received several dozen contacts through email, Facebook, and other methods. Without having actively campaigned on it and for an issue that we're

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Jamie Biggar

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry, as I said earlier, we didn't do a content analysis on where they were coming from, so I really can't speak to that.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Jamie Biggar

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I think that would be strongly worth considering. I think there are growing examples from around the world that we could look at to set the bar in a different direction: creating longer lasting lists; easier registration; and lower barriers to voting, potentially though elec

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Jamie Biggar

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We do. We've heard from quite a few of them on this issue.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Jamie Biggar

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, I couldn't speak to that; I'm not sure where they're from. We haven't done that analysis, but they're people from all over the world.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Jamie Biggar

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, certainly not. It's very difficult to imagine any scenario like that resulting in any impact on the Canadian election, or a person who would commit such fraud being motivated significantly to do so, given their knowledge that it would have essentially no impact. To take this

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Jamie Biggar

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My name is Jamie Biggar. I'm the co-founder and campaigns director at Leadnow.ca. We're an independent non-profit that brings Canadians together for an open democracy, a fair economy, and a safe climate. Last year we helped tens of thousands of people across Canada speak out aga

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Jamie Biggar