Procedure and House Affairs committee  The French version allows them to do it as soon as the writs are issued.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's right.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In paragraphs 64(2)(a) and 64(2)(b) there is the notice of grant of polls after—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sure. Paragraphs 64(2)(a) and 64(2)(b), the provisions you're modifying, are about the notice of grant of polls that's posted in the returning office after the confirmation of nomination processes, and that just lists the candidates that were confirmed as well as their official a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Amendment LIB-13 would remove the changes to the transposition of results process. That's the process after there's a redistribution, to determine which parties finished first and second in the electoral district.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't think they get remuneration right now, but I do think they get their travel costs covered if they come from outside the national capital region.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Right now in the Canada Elections Act, there's an implicit contracting authority. The Chief Electoral Officer doesn't have an explicit contracting authority, so the bill would make his ability to contract for services an explicit provision. The clause that's proposed in the bill

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's just again, right now, his ability to enter into contracts for personal services is implicit. There's nothing in the act that regulates it, so they've developed a practice over the years. Right now, we're making it an explicit provision in the act that he can enter into such

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe the Auditor General Act has a clause that allows him to enter into technical and specialized services to obtain that, but I believe there is no requirement for the rates of pay to be approved by the Treasury Board.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In setting the rates of pay, a tariff is adopted by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Chief Electoral Officer. That provides for the rates of pay for all elections officers and for a lot of the expenses that are incurred by the Chief Electoral Officer or return

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's a section in the Canada Elections Act. I believe it's section 513 that allows him to incur expenses that he may need to incur in order to deliver on his mandate. He pays those expenses on the certificate of the Chief Electoral Officer.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I mentioned, the rates of pay for elections officers and a lot of the expenses that the returning officers can pay during the election period are set on a tariff that's fixed by the Governor in Council. It's a regulation, and that tariff is prepared on a recommendation of the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The hiring of elections officers is done by the returning officer.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We'll defer to the government members.