Evidence of meeting #5 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was voting.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Chief Electoral Officer, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
The cards were delivered to the proper addresses and they were received.
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Conservative
Guy Lauzon Conservative Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, ON
That is incredible! It's impossible that all of these addresses, 98% of the total, were accurate.
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Chief Electoral Officer, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Canada Post, under an agreement we have with them, recovers the rejected voter information cards. Canada Post must then return these cards to us.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
If I can suggest something on that too, it means they were rejected, but if I received something at my house that wasn't addressed to me, I could just as likely throw it in the trash as send it to return.
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An hon. member
You wouldn't do that.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
No, certainly not a voter card. I'm suggesting one of those applications for a credit card.
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Chief Electoral Officer, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
There's a note on the card inviting whoever receives it to contact Elections Canada.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Right.
Anyway, we'd like to thank you for coming today. We've had a really good couple of hours.
And thank you for your report. There were a couple of questions asked that you may want to get back to the committee on. It would be fantastic if you would. And we look forward to hearing further reports from you about this election when you're finished your surveys.
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Chief Electoral Officer, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Yes, okay.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you for your comments.
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Conservative