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Electoral Reform committee Good afternoon. Welcome to Yellowknife. It's a privilege for us all to be here in Chief Drygeese territory in the Treaty 8 area. I'm speaking here as a northern resident and also as co-chair of the NWT chapter of the Council of Canadians. I want to focus my comments in the s
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee No. I don't have a position. Certainly the Council of Canadians has been pretty flexible on this. Our position has always been that we want to ensure that rigour is brought to bear on all the candidates, whether they come as individuals or from a party. We also want to ensure th
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee I could speak to that. I think it's not complex, and we should never underestimate the intelligence of our citizens. Having said that, though, we should expect that Elections Canada has a very active role in educating the population about the whole electoral process and the syst
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee I think that Dennis Bevington put it quite nicely. We don't want to be seen as different. We are part of this country, and everybody should be treated in the same way. I think he offers a really interesting idea in terms of regions of common interest. We have lots in common wit
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee I think Dennis said it quite well when he said that we're a more colonial state than the whole of Canada. If we start to get separated out and treated differently then we don't have a hope in Hades of really being part of this country. We have to be treated the same. Thank you
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee I think you'd have to. You can't put forth any kind of recommendations for another voting system if there isn't the legislative support for that, to ensure that the integrity of the voting system is maintained. We know that, as you mentioned, the integrity has been compromised. T
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee It's a possibility. I think the StatsCan report that actually looked at the reasons why people didn't come out and vote didn't really drill down into those kinds of connections. If you are sent this message that it really doesn't matter, then you are not going to make the effort
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee Yes. There has been a lot of talk in this country about nation-to-nation relationships, and this might offer an opportunity to look at the various treaty areas across the country. We live here in Treaty No. 8. North of us is Treaty No. 11. To the south of us is Treaty No. 7 and T
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee I think you've explained it very well, Andrew.
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee Historically, it's been very low at all levels. There's a whole bunch of reasons why that occurs.
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee I think that, as I said earlier, half our population are people of indigenous ancestry who did not have their right to vote until 1960. That right and the way that people relate to this western style of government is deeply rooted in the way that people live in this territory. Th
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee It's to be able to see their values. They have to be able to see themselves in whatever style of government we have. We have to have legislation that enables people to educate and inform and support people to exercise the right of citizenship. There's no silver bullet to this.
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee I've lived most of my life in the north, and I think what Dennis Bevington was saying is there are some principles that are intrinsic to government, such as working together, collaborating, helping each other, and working towards the common good. Those kinds of values are part of
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
Electoral Reform committee I'm not sure this committee is being connected to the youth and the marginalized, as you rightly point out, but you have a parallel process that's going on with the minister responsible. Minister Monsef has been through Yellowknife and had a pretty good turnout at her evening mee
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little
September 30th, 2016Committee meeting
Lois Little