Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  It's an option that we would need to consider. There's a provision in the bill that asks us to publish the design of the ballot; before doing that, we would certainly examine various alternatives. The only consideration there—and again, we need to learn a lot more about what's h

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Yes, absolutely.

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  We can certainly come back with more specific--

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I'm sorry. Maybe I missed your question.

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  If it's run in conjunction with the federal election, and there are a number of vacancies in Ontario, and there's a consultation at the same time as the federal election, we will certainly borrow very much and rely very much on the logistics that exist for conducting the federal

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Personally, I'm not aware of other systems like this.

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Do you mean if a selected nominee is not appointed? I haven't looked at that. That's where my jurisdiction would end, I believe. That would be an issue, because that decision remains with the Prime Minister--the Governor General, in fact, on the advice of the Prime Minister.

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  We have not had any per se, not in that specific respect.

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  No. I leave it to Parliament and to the government to design the legislation. My responsibility is strictly to administer it, and once it is adopted by Parliament, I apply it with the presumption that it is constitutional.

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  It's between $100 million and $150 million. It's to put the system and the process in place, and the tools. Again there are many variables there in terms of a specific event, such as whether it's run in conjunction with a provincial election, whether it's run with harmonized rule

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  To be ready to run a consultation, we estimate you would need, with the STV system, between $100 million and $150 million.

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  We have not at this point. We're not that far ahead in our planning or costing.

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  It costs about $300 million.

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I just want to point out that, when I talk about costs of between $100 million and $150 million, that refers, not to the organization of the event per se, but to implementation of all the systems that would be needed to hold that event. We have not yet begun calculating the cost

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I believe that should be considered.