Procedure and House Affairs committee  They are actually on a special register, the register of international electors. They are on that register until they either ask to be deregistered or they come back to Canada.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's a very good question, Mr. Chair. I don't have the answer off the top of my head. That said, there are provisions in I think part 4 of the Canada Elections Act that deal with the national register of electors. There are information exchanges with, for example, Citizenship

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sorry, could you repeat the question?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, they have to fill out an application for registration and a special ballot. The act is very prescriptive on the information that needs to be included in the application. They have to provide sufficient proof of identity as well and they have to declare where their last place

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Exactly. They have to declare the address, and the address is then linked with the electoral district. If I may answer one of your previous questions with regard to the limitation period for notice of violations that may be issued in the context of the administrative monetary pe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Currently, third parties have to report on the contributions they have received six months prior to the beginning of the election period. Now they will have to report on contributions that they have received basically since the day after the previous general election. For example

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The third parties have to make reports to Elections Canada, and Elections Canada has the power to audit these reports. When it has doubts, it can, of course, ask for more information. If it has further doubts, it can refer the matter to the commissioner of Canada elections, who c

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely. Currently, Canadian Forces members must vote in their military unit between the 14th and the ninth day prior to polling day. Only a small proportion of Canadian Forces electors are able to vote at civilian polls on polling day. These rules were designed at the end of

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't have that information in front of me, but the Canadian Armed Forces currently has about 13 ongoing operations around the world. As I said, the context in which Canadian Forces members serve varies a lot. They can be serving in a multinational operation where there will be

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There were several consultations held. In his report following the 2015 general election, the Chief Electoral Officer recommended that the special voting rules applicable to Canadian Forces members be reviewed given their age. This committee accepted this recommendation in princi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Currently, the voters who vote under division 3 of part 11 of the Canada Elections Act have to fill out an application for registration and special ballot. They have to provide sufficient proof of identity, but not sufficient proof of residence. That is the current state of thing

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, it's only a declaration. That being said, of course, the bill opens up the right to vote to about a million Canadians who have lived abroad for more than five years and who did or did not have an intent to return. It could be very difficult for some of these Canadians who ha

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct. That's why we are in this situation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, as I answered to Mr. Richards, currently there is no obligation to prove residence for people who are registered on the register of international electors. They only have to provide satisfactory proof of identity. Therefore, it would be very difficult for people who have b