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Procedure and House Affairs committee We've not had to provide the identification. Now we will have to provide photo ID, which has a service number and your name on it. There was no prescribed information before. We would not bring, for example, bills or anything with our identification on it. We have our own driver's licences overseas, so we wouldn't have that information with us for security reasons.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee Not if you were voting in the military vote; you would just have to have the identification card we have, which only has our specific service number identification, name, and photo. Everybody has that issued to them in the Canadian Forces.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee Yes, if that's a possibility, depending on where they're serving at the time.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee Their place of ordinary residence would be the ordinary residence before they went overseas.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee There is a very slight window. For people who happen to live in the district that pertains to their SOR, they can vote but only on polling day.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee That is correct.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee We will be maintaining the military vote for overseas members. They will still be able to avail themselves of that mechanism.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee That is correct. It would be if they were to avail themselves of that—
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee It could be a challenge, but every effort is made to ensure that the ability to vote is there. There are systems in place to—
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee The big issue is to get the ballots back to Ottawa to be counted. It's a logistical issue.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee The other options would be the same that are available to Canadian citizens who are abroad.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee That could be one of the reasons why, absolutely. Some folks may not have changed their SOR at the time the writ was dropped, so they're no longer able to vote in the riding in which they feel the most connection. As an example, let's say you joined in Pembroke and you never changed your SOR.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee That is correct.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi
Procedure and House Affairs committee I really can't speak to that. There are a number of reasons that people may not have voted. There could have been operational reasons for an inability to vote in some cases. Not feeling connected with the riding is certainly a reason.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Col Vihar Joshi