Mr. Kingsley and Mr. Davidson, thank you for accepting our invitation to appear before the committee. I have a few comments and questions.
First, the Liberal Party of Canada is also in the process of preparing its list of errors and horror stories. We will table it once it is finished because it is a fairly exhaustive list. We will also provide examples, such as the case involving a returning officer's employees asking workers what their political allegiance was so that work schedules provided more work to some workers as opposed to others. That was a fairly difficult situation.
After Mr. Davidson spoke, Mr. Owen asked a question. Do you have statistics on the number of people who are or have been charged with making a false declaration at the time of voter registration? It would be great if you could give us these figures today or through the clerk of the committee.
I would like to make a comment on the permanent voters' list. During the January election, we were particularly upset to find out that names had allegedly been added to the list from income tax or health insurance lists. In those cases, the other names had not been removed from the voters' list. So there were cases where six people were identified as living in the same bachelor apartment. Of course, that's impossible. So when you find one and call the owner of the building or the tenants of the apartment, you find out that the person left four years ago, and that another person left six years ago. Perhaps there is a mechanism which isn't working or which doesn't even exist. Whatever the case may be, we should try to make sure this doesn't happen again.
I don't think that you will be able to answer my question today on voters who register on the day of the vote. A little earlier, we were talking about identification. There were rumours, which we are in the process of confirming for our catalogue, that in certain ridings, people could register as voters by simply presenting a magazine on which there was a sticker with their name and address. The people claimed that the magazine was addressed to them by Canada Post and that this gave them the right to register as voters. As it turns out, after election day or after polling stations closed, it was discovered that the same magazine was being passed around and that an organizer at the door was systematically providing people with the stickers. There's something wrong with that process, and I think that we, in our capacity as members of Parliament, and you, in your capacity as the enforcer of the law, must look into the possibility of making changes.
I was afraid that it was your catalogue, Mr. Guimond.