Thank you, Chair.
Thank you all for being here, and Mr. Kingsley, for your presentation.
Let me just raise a few issues and we may come back to them in different forms, through our various questions.
I'm interested in the lack of response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision that confirms the right of inmates in federal institutions to vote and the somewhat of a standoff we seem to have in the ability to exercise that right. So I'm interested in your comment that you will be acting within the current act to provide that ability to the full extent that you're able. I'd like to know a little more about the barriers to that and whether they are absolute in some situations, or whether there is a way you can provide that opportunity.
Secondly, I'm interested in the government's response to our committee's report and the concern raised about what is termed “serial vouchers”, which is an ominous term, at best. I'm thinking particularly about remote aboriginal communities where ID is often not in people's possession, and what impact that may have on their ability to vote. And I think it goes something like, a “vouchee” can't become a “vouchor”. I think that's the aspect of it. If you're vouched for, you can't vouch for someone else's identity.
And finally, this goes somewhat beyond the scope of your initial remarks. As you know, the Liberal Party of Canada has a leadership convention coming up, and there has been some confusion, if I can call it that, around how convention fees are to be treated, whether they're to be receipted and therefore provide a benefit to the person who is paying them, but also, therefore, a deduction on their allowable contribution for that year. I wonder if you can bring any more clarity at this stage to that. I know you've made recent statements on it, and I wonder if you have a definitive statement to make on it.
Thank you.