Elections Modernization Act   for the legislation to pass, so now not all of this bill will be incorporated. That was the problem. One would think, after the Liberals betrayed their promise on electoral reform, the very next thing they would do to undo the unfair elections act by the Harper government would have been to get

Bill C-76—Time Allocation Motion   the democratic reform minister. The Chief Electoral Officer was very clear with the Liberal government that to put in place changes to the Conservatives' unfair elections act in time for them to be fully implemented for the 2019 election, one year from now, it had to have legislation adopted

Elections Modernization Act  , called the unfair election act, We asked the Chief Electoral Officer for proof of that. He came back to us and said that in the last election, or in the election before, there was no evidence of significant voter fraud under any condition, certainly not by using the voter ID card

Elections Modernization Act   this once upon a time a voter information card was abused. The whole thing was an absolute shambles from when it started until the very end. If the Conservatives want to brag about the 2014 Fair Elections Act, or the unfair elections act, depending on what side of the House one

Elections Modernization Act   decisions. That is what the government has tried to do with the elections modernization act. In addition to rigging the election for the Liberals, the bill would attempt to undo everything that was done within the Fair Elections Act, which some members refer to as the unfair elections

Elections Modernization Act   under their feet. Looking at the strengthening of the position of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada and the ability to prosecute crimes that occur during elections, we have come a long way with Bill C-76, trying to undo the unfair elections act. Could the hon. member comment

Elections Modernization Act   to this and remind hon. members and all Canadians that we used 87% of the recommendations of the Chief Electoral Officer. We heard witnesses' testimony that amounted to over 100 hours of study of this legislation, where Bill C-23, the unfair elections act, only had less than 50 hours. I am

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, a very good story is that we have a government that is actually listening and responding to what Canadians in all regions of our country want, namely modernization of the Canada Elections Act, changing many aspects of the unfair elections act that Stephen Harper

Elections Modernization Act   was to fix Stephen Harper's unfair elections act. It was not going to be hard to do; it just had to undo a bunch of the damage that the Conservatives had done in Bill C-23 in the last Parliament. The government introduced the bill. It took a year, but okay, it was a new government

Elections Modernization Act   Canadians abroad, and it repeals the element of the Harper Conservatives' so-called Fair Elections Act that made it harder for Canadians to vote, which is why of course so many people refer to Bill C-23 as the unfair elections act. I am currently the only female member of Parliament

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, in his speech, the hon. member made reference to the unfair elections act of the previous Parliament. Coming off the last election, there was widespread agreement that those provisions should be repealed. We are now three years into the current government

Elections Modernization Act   to vote. There are certain things that would be reinstated in this bill that were not there before under the so-called unfair elections act the former Conservative government had. I say so-called, because looking closely, there were a lot of issues with that bill. We would also

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, the people of Winnipeg believe that the strength of our democracy depends on the participation of as many Canadians as possible. This bill would undo many of the unfair aspects of the Harper government's unfair elections act, as we would be making it easier and more

Elections Modernization Act   democracy, because they are so fundamental. One would have to ask the Liberals: How did we get here? There must have been some massive impediment that made them have to go back on their word and force time allocation on Parliament. The bill to fix the unfair elections act, which New

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Pardon me, Chair. I'd like to thank Mr. de Burgh Graham for not referring to it as the “unfair elections act”. That was gracious.