Procedure and House Affairs committee  Actually, that's a really interesting and pertinent question. We have been in touch with the Library of Parliament's outreach program and they will be developing tools for the website and also for the different displays.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As per the standing orders that will be implemented at the opening of a new Parliament, petitions can only be signed by either a Canadian resident or a Canadian citizen living abroad. People will need to indicate or confirm by self-declaration that they are either living in Canada or Canadians living abroad.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, that information will not be made public.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As of now there's no limit on the number of words for paper petitions. For electronic petitions, the committee has set a limit of 250 words. That's for the grievances and the prayer.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Exactly. The more “whereases” you put, the fewer words you can request.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, exactly.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Of the presentation...? Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Actually, it will not be possible to go back, but you could register more than five signatories from the outset. We have considered the situation and decided that a petitioner could register up to 10 of their friends. As soon as we receive five confirmations, the petition will go ahead.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  An email will probably be sent to the MP's general mailbox. In all cases, MPs will be able to consult that page, or the website, regularly to check whether any requests are pending. We still have to decide what email address it will be sent to. It may very well be sent to the MP's email address or to the individual designated by the MP to manage the petitions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, exactly. When you fill out a form to create a new petition, you will be asked to register five of your friends, who will hopefully support your idea. At least five people are needed. You will have to provide their last name, first name and email address. The five signatories will receive a copy of your petition by email, and they will have to click on a link to accept.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Exactly. If you recall in one of the other examples, we showed you the list of all of the petitions that were submitted. You could download that list and it would be sorted by subject or keywords. We found that it would probably be an interesting feature for searchers, or researchers, for instance, but the names of the signatories will never appear on the website.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Good morning. I have the thankless task of showing you the mock-ups. I hope you will be more interested in what is before you than in what I will be telling you. Before I start, I have a few disclaimers. First of all, the mock-ups we will be presenting to you today are static.