moved:
Motion No. 5
That Bill C-63 be amended by adding after line 22 on page 2 the following new Clause:
"1.1 The portion of subsection 9(3) of the Act after paragraph ( b ) is replaced by the following:
the Chief Electoral Officer may extend the hours of voting at the polling station to allow votes to be cast on the ordinary polling day after the hour fixed by or pursuant to this Act for the closing of the poll at the polling station, but shall not, in so doing, permit votes to be cast at the polling station during an aggregate period of more than twelve hours."
Motion No. 20
That Bill C-63, in Clause 44.1, be amended by replacing lines 44 to 46 on page 25 and lines 1 to 7 on page 26 with the following: a ) between 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. if the electoral district is in the Newfoundland, Atlantic or Central time zone; b ) between 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. if the electoral district is in the Eastern time zone; c ) between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. if the electoral district is in the Mountain time zone; or d ) between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. if the electoral district is in the Pacific time zone.''