Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll very quickly respond. I would agree with that also. I wouldn't want to have unanimous consent from all our parties on an issue. A filter we built into the plebiscite was that when they wanted to reduce the number of polling stations, we asked for that to be in regulations,

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What we've had in P.E.I. for the last two provincial elections is a register of electors. We print that off and we go door to door doing a confirmation of what's on that register. And then there's a voter registration period that updates it. Then following the election, anyone wh

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that being from a small jurisdiction also makes a difference. People will take it personally if they're not on the register of electors. They feel as though they have been left off for some unknown reason, so we make every effort we can to get everyone on, as do all the p

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Perhaps I'll answer. In our plebiscite in 2005 we really did have an umbrella organization, and I probably should have mentioned that. The electoral future commission had been set up for about eight months prior to the plebiscite. They had an office with staff. They held sever

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's exactly the same in Prince Edward Island. It's run under the provincial plebiscite act, but the municipal council provides us with the question, and then we run it similar to an election. We've done two.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, two plebiscites from municipalities.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, and our election period is 26 to 32 days. We would need the question prior to the start of the process.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In our case, we weren't involved whatsoever in the no or yes campaigns. We had no obligation to file anything with Elections P.E.I.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is correct, but it is our understanding there was very little money involved from the get-go.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would agree with both of their statements. I guess the only downside to having it at the same time as a provincial election is that some people who may go out to vote provincially may not be informed about the plebiscite or referendum question, and may just tick off one of the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I agree with what both of them have said. Another item to be taken into consideration is that if it's done provincially, you have 13 jurisdictions that are holding their own different elections all at different times, so scheduling might be very difficult, I would think, for a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, that's correct, on both plebiscites.