The purpose of the amendment is to introduce a concept that has existed in Quebec for a number of years already. Quebec also has privacy and access to information legislation, hence the need to identify the elector. I have often given the example of a person coming to us with all the required documents indicating he was born in 1908—making him 99 years old—when he looks 22 years old. I think adding date of birth to our lists will allow us to better identify the elector and, at the same time, reduce fraud. That is the purpose of every amendment involving date of birth.
On December 12th, 2006. See this statement in context.