Electoral Reform committee  Yes.

Electoral Reform committee  As well, I think it would be difficult to implement, because there are barriers you don't know of that exist between the jurisdictions. For example, in Nunavut, even though we're a close and similar culture, there are some gaps there that I think you should be aware of as a commi

Electoral Reform committee  I think a ranked ballot system, as proposed, is difficult to facilitate. It would require quite a process to support it and for the public to understand it intuitively. There are some logistical challenges with a ranked ballot process. Those would be considerations, I guess.

Electoral Reform committee  Qujannamiik. Thank you. Merci. To respond to Mr. Boulerice, I am not an elected member. I ran once, but I lost. I share your concern. How do we get people to come out to vote? That has been our organization's biggest question as well. Sometimes that falls on the candidates the

Electoral Reform committee  Not a bad idea, I think.

Electoral Reform committee  We haven't spoken of the disconnect between the voters and the government. For example, how relevant is this to me on a daily basis? The majority of the Nunavut population is under the age of 25. I like the fact that you have noticed this, because we are a very young population,

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Richards. Yes, absolutely. I think the mood tends to kind of go up the middle on a lot of the issues. We are survivalists and tend to make decisions based on the chances of surviving. Does it require extreme positions? Sometimes it requires extre

Electoral Reform committee  As I said before, Nunavut comprises three regions, so it would be difficult to try to sell a regional approach. That's my first response. I don't know if Mr. Fleming has anything else to add.

Electoral Reform committee  When you have two seats, from that point of view I think it would be difficult. I'd be curious about the point Mr. Cullen raised about breaking the barriers of representation that worked for the Maori people. I'm not sure if he's here to confirm that information, but I'd be curio

Electoral Reform committee  I think it is great to see this relationship coming from the federal government between the crown and the first peoples, with the first peoples being a party. How does that filter down into the electoral system? As we said, we have Hunter who got in through the current process

Electoral Reform committee  Yes, on the idea of the Senate, someone once told me that they are supposed to be the sober mind of Canadians, and I think it wouldn't hurt. Since you asked me, yes, absolutely, it would be helpful to have Inuit to help the senators discuss the issues at hand from their perspecti

Electoral Reform committee  Qujannamiik. Thank you for that question, and thanks to Ms. May for facilitating some of it. First of all, thank you for your condolences. I think Mr. Pearson has left his mark with the people. It is a very sad and happy day for us, happy for him and sad for us. It's really dif

Electoral Reform committee  I think it would be like any election. You would come up with a nomination period in which a number of aboriginal people, if it were just for aboriginal seats, were listed. For us, the Nunavut electorate, anybody can run, for example. Then, as in any campaign period, they campaig

Electoral Reform committee  I'm not sure. That's something probably more for discussion, but if it's an aboriginal voice, then.... Here in Nunavut we select our government, and it's not partisan, so I would imagine something like that. I don't know if that would break any federal rules or regulations, but s

Electoral Reform committee  Yes, there are three regions in Nunavut, and Iqaluit is the largest community, with 7,000 people. Then I would say Rankin and Cambridge are the other regional centres. Some might argue that Arviat is the second largest, but—