Evidence of meeting #36 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site.) The winning word was clause.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
(Clause 48 as amended agreed to: yeas 5; nays 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(On clause 49)
We go now to G-6.
Most of this was talked about when we were on G-5.
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Conservative
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Conservative
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Conservative
Tom Lukiwski Conservative Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
Yes, we have, so I won't spend much time on it.
I do move it. It's basically saying that anyone who cannot produce identification to prove residence and wants to take an oath, and the attester who also co-signs that oath on the residency question, must be informed by election and poll workers as to the penalties that could be imposed in case these people try to falsify information or lie. It's giving them the information up front, saying what will happen if they're trying to screw around.
Thank you.
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An hon. member
On division.
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An hon. member
Yes.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
(Amendment agreed to on division [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Mr. Scott, you have something to fit in here, do you? Is that the next piece?
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NDP
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An hon. member
On division.
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Conservative
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NDP
Craig Scott NDP Toronto—Danforth, ON
Mr. Chair, I would like to move the following amendment that I've written out, that Bill C-23 be amended by adding on page 26, after line 1, “49.1” meaning a new clause. The following section is added, section 143.1, which has just been repealed, so it's available as a number:
The Chief Electoral Officer shall ensure that the notice of confirmation of registration that is sent under section 95 or 102 is marked with a prominent message informing the elector that this notice of confirmation of registration may not be used as a piece of identification for the purposes of voting.
I think I have found an amendment that the government will vote for.
Thank you.
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An hon. member
You're right.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
It's a long speech or a short speech depending on the government answer. If they're going to vote for this, I can save them a lot of pain.
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Conservative
Tom Lukiwski Conservative Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
Yes, and I was just going to say, could you please read it into the record again?
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NDP
Craig Scott NDP Toronto—Danforth, ON
It reads that Bill C-23 be amended by adding on page 26 after line 1, the following—49.1 becomes the new clause and section 143.1 becomes the new section:
The Chief Electoral Officer shall ensure that the notice of confirmation of registration that is sent under section 95 or 102—
—the VIC—
— is marked with a prominent message informing the elector that this notice of confirmation of registration may not be used as a piece of identification for purposes of voting.
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Conservative
Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, ON
Mr. Chair, I can't help but notice that it is three minutes to our proposed closing time. Given that this is a new subject, one for which we don't have the text, and that there might be time to deal with this in the interim between now and the next meeting, or the next iteration of this meeting, may I suggest that we suspend at this point and come back tomorrow, and that this be our first order of business?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Well, there's been discussion of another first order of business, but I'm okay if you want to talk about it overnight on this one. We're going to stop someplace.