moved:
Motion No. 21
That Bill C-2, in Clause 24, be amended by replacing line 23 on page 16 with the following:
“24. (1) Subject to section 24.1, the Chief Electoral Officer shall”
Motion No. 23
That Bill C-2, in Clause 24, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 16 with the following:
“district to hold office for a term of ten years and may only remove him or her for”
Motion No. 24
That Bill C-2, in Clause 24, be amended by replacing line 13 on page 17 with the following:
“(7) The Chief Electoral Officer may remove”
Motion No. 25
That Bill C-2 be amended by adding after line 31 on page 17 the following new clause:
“24.1 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall hold a competition for the selection of qualified candidates for the purposes of the appointment of returning officers under subsection 24(1).
(2) A competition held under subsection (1) shall be open to all qualified electors, other than persons referred to in subsection 22(3).
(3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall give such notice of a proposed competition as in his or her opinion will give qualified electors a reasonable opportunity of making an application for the position of returning officer.
(4) Applications for the position of returning officer shall be in the prescribed form and shall be made at the prescribed time and verified in the prescribed manner.
(5) The Chief Electoral Officer shall examine and consider all applications for the position of returning officer received within the time prescribed for the receipt of applications and shall select the highest ranking candidates in the competition from among the qualified applicants.
24.1.2 The Chief Electoral Officer may make regulations
(a) prescribing anything that may be prescribed by section 24.1;
(b) defining the expression “qualified” for the purposes of section 24.1; and
(c) the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary to carry out and give effect to section 24.1.”
Motion No. 27
That Bill C-2, in Clause 25, be amended by replacing lines 32 to 37 on page 17 with the following:
“25. Between the 1st and 20th days of”
Motion No. 28
That Bill C-2, in Clause 26, be amended by replacing line 43 on page 17 with the following:
“26. (1) Subject to subsection (1.2), a returning officer shall, without”
Motion No. 29
That Bill C-2, in Clause 26, be amended
(a) by replacing line 45 on page 17 with the following:
“an assistant returning officer from the list most recently sent to the returning officer under subsection 26.1(6), who shall hold”
(b) by adding after line 47 on page 17 the following:
“(1.1) Every appointment made under subsection (1) shall be made impartially.”