Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think doing anything to increase participation rates is a good thing. I don't think it's either/or though. I don't know why it needs to be exclusive so that we'd do vouching or we'd do attestation. Having both in place is probably for the best.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You mentioned results that I knew of. As manager, I know there has not been any case of falsified identification. I can imagine that if someone stole someone's cheque out of a mailbox and wanted to get someone to vouch for them and open an account and cash the cheque...but that d

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes absolutely. As I was saying before, if someone has an account with us and we know their account history, similar to someone being on the voter list, I believe that is enough trust for me to allow an account to open and for that person to deposit cheques, to deposit cash, to h

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe so, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's almost the most depressing thing because you're talking about someone who went out of their way already to register to vote or they've voted in the past. They're an active Canadian citizen, but for whatever reason they don't have identification on election day. Likely a lo

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, I mean it's a case-by-case basis. However, I have personally opened accounts where a person moves into a new housing project and there's a neighbour who's had an account with us for awhile, similar to a voter who has voted for awhile and is already on the voters list. They

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Of course, there's no money in the account until they put money in.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I could add to that. Some days, working in the neighbourhood, it's really hectic. There are a lot of things going on. If we're wanting, on election day, to help someone to vote—people who are disabled, in wheelchairs, have trouble with mobility issues, to find the individual in

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. Thank you to the committee for allowing this time to provide some on-the-street information about some of the challenges faced by low-income Canadians in providing identification credentials. I've been a resident of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for more than 12 yea