Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, thank you for the opportunity. I wish to assure you of our commitment to assisting the work of the committee and, more importantly I suppose, to see a real improvement in the way we serve first nations indigenous communities across Canada. Please don't take my word

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, what the Chief Electoral Officer said is true. Over the past 10 years, when we recruit election officers at the polling stations, we also emphasize more and more recruiting in the communities. We're looking for a system in which Canadians serve their neighbours. Ther

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I do not have comments to add. Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Unfortunately, Madam Chair, I will have to study that case and get more information on what the member has been recounting. We want to get the facts straight.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, we would have an election run safely. We are prepared for that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What I would say on this is that the Chief Electoral Officer is prepared to adapt the Canada Elections Act in the event of an election so that provisions respecting voting in long-term care facilities could be enforced. We have already instructed our returning officers to get in

Procedure and House Affairs committee  On this one, perhaps Madam Lawson might answer better than me.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. Through the measures that we put in place, we wish to ensure that there's a minimum level of barriers, administrative or otherwise, to voting for the electors. You're correct. We don't measure our success by the level of turnout.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I am pleased to reaffirm that. I would add, Madam Chair, that the Chief Electoral Officer had once indicated that it might take at least 120 days to fully and properly implement Bill C-19, so it will certainly be at least 90 days, to reassure the members.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We will do whatever is possible to implement the provisions of the bill within the deadline that will have been set by law. I cannot speculate on where we will be in September, as you can understand.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As you may know, in the context of the current legislation, there are things that the Chief Electoral Officer can do to adapt the current provisions of the act to effect a certain number of adaptations to the procedures. These would probably be put in operation—might be ready—bef

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your question and your kind words. I wish to reassure you that we would be prepared to hold an election should one happen.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, for the question. I wish to reassure the members that Elections Canada is prepared to deliver a safe election under the current existing legislation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your questions. I would say first that Elections Canada is ready to deliver an election in the current context. We've made good preparation for that. That's the first thing. Second, Bill C-19 has a lot of provisions to put in place, and we want to do things right.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your questions. I would like to offer reassurances that the process for voting on campus is carried out under part 11 of the act, and it has all the checks and balances that you are used to. Candidates' representatives are allowed to observe the proceedings.