Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would have to go back to the text.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We will provide our analysis by Wednesday. If there are areas we think we have not had a chance to fully explore, we will point that out.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to meet with you this morning to deal with the question of voter identification and the matter of veiled women who vote. As you know, since last June the Canada Elections Act offers three options

Procedure and House Affairs committee  With me are Ms. Diane Davidson, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Legal Counsel, Mr. Rennie Molnar, Executive Senior Director, Register and Geography and Mr. Stéphane Perrault, Senior General Counsel and Senior Director, Legal Services Directorate.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I forwarded the information to the chair and clerk of the committee, to the minister responsible for elections and to the Privy Council Office.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There were some details to attend to following this conference call, but as I recall, the following week, I forwarded the documentation to the parties I just mentioned.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It has known about this since the first week of August. If memory serves me well, the conference call took place on a Thursday.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I did not receive any comments, questions or requests for clarification.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, there was no exchange of any kind.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My office did not receive any follow up to the correspondence.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would like to clarify that I never testified before this committee on Bill C-31.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe it was my predecessor who testified and, if memory serves me correctly—and I am not 100% certain about this—I believe he testified in either December or January.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Not during the study of Bill C-31