Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's nice to see everybody again. Last time, it was around the electoral reform issue, and I want to put on the record that I sincerely appreciate all the effort and the time you put in even if it didn't really turn into anything. It was a great example of a parliamentary committ

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sure. It's a trend with election management bodies. The purpose is to be able to communicate with younger electors once they are 18. It seems like there's a couple of different methods for this. One, which they have in Ontario, is that the young people are supposed to opt in b

Procedure and House Affairs committee  With the preregistration?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We always thought that if done properly, it could create an opportunity to educate kids about what the voters list is as a small component of a wider civic education effort. I think it's great that it's been put in here. It's one of those things that beyond the bill, it comes d

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They're probably the best tools you'd have for any adult, as well. As far as turnout in elections goes, in my opinion—and Duff, I'm pretty sure, would have a couple of additional points—there are so many different factors in the circle of attracting someone to participate. Obviou

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. I've never had a problem with the voter information cards being used to vote at the poll. I think it's partly because I don't know if there is strong evidence of its being abused. It was brought up in the Fair Elections Act debate, but I don't know if those were actually cre

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, if you're speaking specifically about a kid at a university who maybe hasn't changed his address, he wouldn't get the voter information card anyway. To me, the biggest barrier to someone's turning out is not the accessibility factor, but the motivation. If kids at universit

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It could be, if they have the right addresses.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  One of the things I didn't notice, which I wonder if you're concerned with at all, is that in terms of making the electoral process a more secure aspect of the bill, there was no mention of the tabulators or machines that election agencies are tending to attempt to simplify with

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, people wanted us to make the kids vote online because they thought it would make it easier and more interesting. We always argued against it. Now I think that voting online has been proven to be a silly idea in terms of safety. That is a strong personal opinion of mine. I jus

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We're non-partisan. We're not considered a third party going after a political outcome.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have received funds from foreign accounts, so I worry if we could ever get caught up, but I think our ability to not get caught up in that is that we're non-partisan.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Hey, everyone. Thank you so much for letting me be here today. Could you please refer to the email that was distributed by Justin this morning? It would be beneficial to you in this conversation if you had it on screen. While you dig it up, I might just say that I was walking t

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