Procedure and House Affairs committee  Universal enumeration, absolutely. We're not quite at universal suffrage yet; 16- and 17-year-olds still aren't allowed to vote, but it's important for those who are allowed to vote to access that right. In terms of a statutory declaration, it's similar to the oath, but then the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Most certainly I support the motion. I think the Chief Electoral Officer should be given the greatest encouragement to make these efforts, because when we have fewer than 30% of any given constituency turning out to vote, it's a bit of a crisis there. At the same time as that st

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I could just make a suggestion, there are two clauses here dealing with forms of legitimate identification. One is about the government-issued photo ID and then one is about two other pieces of authorized ID. I would suggest that we perhaps consider a third clause in there whe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, certainly. I think it's Bill S-4 you are referring to.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It'sBill C-16. Okay. Fixed election dates might help in terms of giving people a heads-up that there is an election coming. But in the minority situation we're in now, of course, it would not do much good, because I imagine the bill addresses the fact that the government has to

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If the sovereignty rests with the Parliament of Canada and, in this age of accountability we're now in, with the Federal Accountability Act, making sure that when something is written into law the law is carried out appropriately is tricky when you have laws that are so vague. Fo

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As best as I know, most student unions, or most institutions, do issue photo ID. There might be some cases out there where they don't. But the situation you described, where it could be one piece of photo ID without an address and one piece, presumably, of correspondence, with th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. Good day, and thank you for inviting the Canadian Federation of Students to speak to Bill C-31. By way of introduction, the Canadian Federation of Students is composed of more than half a million students from over 80 college and university studen