Yes.
This committee has already called on the Chief Electoral Officer to revise his interpretation of the legislation in order to permit him to force voters to reveal their faces before casting a ballot at a voting booth.
What this motion adds, though, is that we have specifically cited the adaptation power that is available under the law to the Chief Electoral Officer. So here we have given him the clear means by which he can prevent people from voting with covered faces. The section is section 17. He knows that. The power is called the power of adaptation. He should know that, and we as a parliamentary committee have asked that he use that power in this particular case.
I know this motion might be difficult for some members to vote on, particularly for the Liberals among us. They were originally of the view that the legislation allowed the Chief Electoral Officer to prevent people from voting with covered faces. Today they argued, however, that the Chief Electoral Officer's hands are tied, so they've changed their position once already. I'm asking them to change it again. It's particularly in light of the fact that the Chief Electoral Officer himself indicates that he has this power, but he says he's not prepared to use it.
The Chief Electoral Officer argued today that this is a matter of rights, but they are rights that no one is asking for. He seems to be forcing rights on people who don't want them. We've had testimony from a whole series of Islamic groups. We've heard public commentary from groups of various--