Canada Elections Act   questions to the chief electoral officer and his staff regarding some of these issues that arose during the last campaign. From these problems and this experience, we might get some idea from Mr. Kingsley, the chief electoral officer, of the cost of creating this permanent electoral

Canada Elections Act   the Canada Elections Act. The Bloc Quebecois would have expected the government to take advantage of this bill to amend certain features of the Canada Elections Act. In any event, we know that, following an election, the chief electoral officer, Mr. Kingsley, will have to meet

Canada Elections Act   that they participate in democracy. It is unfortunate when we see that democracy itself is pretty unhealthy right now with low voter turnout. The chief electoral officer, Jean-Pierre Kingsley, says that maybe we should have mandatory voting. I do not know if that it is the answer, although I do

Supply   Kingsley, when he appeared before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, on October 28, 1999. He said: —when I go out on the international scene I do not recommend that the Canadian system be emulated where it comes to the appointment of returning officers. I clearly

Presence In Gallery   until I have introduced them all. I would ask them, as I call their names, to please stand: Sonia Bitar of Edmonton, Alberta; Yvonne Bourgeois of Kent, New Brunswick; Bindu Dhaliwal of Mississauga, Ontario; Cherry Kingsley of Richmond, B.C.; Elizabeth McKenzie of Rae, NWT; Sabine

Division No. 1258  Mr. Speaker, I understand that is so at this point in time. I guess we will see what the courts say with respect to Mr. Kingsley's ruling as well as the higher court. We will see where that goes. In any event I wanted to point out on this very important bill that the Senate

Canada Elections Act   in Canada. Jean Pierre Kingsley, the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, said: —obviously when I go out on the international scene I do not recommend that the Canadian system be emulated where it comes to the appointment of returning officers. I clearly indicate, as I do in Canada

Canada Elections Act  . To be sure, the current situation does not reflect the wish of the Lortie commission, a wish that was echoed by the chief electoral officer himself, Jean-Pierre Kingsley, who told the committee, on October 28: Obviously when I go out on the international scene I do not recommend

Division No. 690   in school ballot were taken directly from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is important to mention that this convention was passed in 1989 by cabinet only. Indeed the document that has inspired this exercise in democracy, as Mr. Kingsley called it, has never been

Canada Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, subsequent to the Chief Electoral Officer's appearance before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, Mr. Kingsley spoke of his displeasure at seeing this bill retain governmental appointment of returning officers. My question is for the leader

Canada Elections Act   reports to the House of Commons. More recently, Canada's chief electoral officer, Jean Pierre Kingsley, submitted his own report following the 1997 election. This towering mass of work bears witness to the interest parliamentarians take in electoral reform. This new bill marks its

Hepatitis C  ; Mike McCarthy of Sebringville, Ontario; Kim Kingsley of Goderich, Ontario; Neil Van Dusen of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Jeremy Beaty of Mississauga, Ontario; Abraham Weizfeldt of Montreal, Quebec; Charles Duguay of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; Derek Marchand of Tottenham, Ontario

Canadian Wheat Board Act   the rules. I do not think it will call on an outside firm as they do for the 6/49 draws or ask Mr. Kingsley, the chief electoral officer. That being said, in spite an apparent willingness to make changes, the federal government wants to maintain its control over the Canadian Wheat Board

Canada Elections Act   today, where we are talking about an elections act that should have been brought about with consensus building and co-operation of all parties, opposition and government side, and by taking ample time to consult Canadians. Instead we find a government that has had Mr. Kingsley's

Canada Elections Act   will be allowed to make a brief preamble. I was able to follow closely the proceedings of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, to hear the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Mr. Kingsley, and the Human Rights Commissioner, Mr. Wilson. I listened very carefully, as I always