Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, it corresponds, but LIB-16 applies to advance polling stations.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You're right that Elections Canada already does this.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Currently, each polling division is assigned to a single polling station, but of course, with the transition, they would provide the polling divisions assigned to each polling station.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I said it's part of the modernization of polling services initiative. I don't see why Elections Canada wouldn't provide the information.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Actually, nothing stops the CEO from saying that it's no more than 10. The CEO, under paragraph 16(d) of the Canada Elections Act, has the power to make instructions to election officers. If I may add, the Chief Electoral Officer has already announced that for the 2019 general el

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In his last recommendation report, the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada made several recommendations to modernize services to voters at polling stations. It was noted that polling stations were slowed down by the fact that every voter had to go to the polling station associated

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's more or less the case. Yes, there are similarities to advance polling, but changes have been made—this is found in some provisions and in the schedule of the bill—so that election officers will have to write the voter's polling division number on the back of the ballot on

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Elections Canada already has a process for reconciling all ballots at the end of each polling day, so the same process will be extended to the size of a polling station.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely, but in the model where a polling station will include many voting tables, of course, the returning officer will designate one responsible election officer for the polling station who will be responsible for this duty.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't have any comment on that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, currently there is a limitation of 10 per polling place.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sorry, currently the act provides for polling places, and the act limits each polling place to 10 polling stations, but this requirement was removed as part of the modernization of polling services.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Exactly.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Actually, Bill C-76 was designed in a way that would allow maximum flexibility.... Well, it's not “maximum” flexibility in that it's not unrestricted flexibility. Nevertheless, it would give a lot of flexibility to the Chief Electoral Officer in managing polling stations on polli