Procedure and House Affairs committee  I thought I just heard that the CEO could place those limits through the Canada Gazette. Is what you were suggesting, Monsieur Morin, that the CEO could do it, through gazetting only?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You don't see it that way.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The writ may not be issued without this amendment.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, but we also said that we would be somewhat adaptable to this. What I'm trying to understand, which was just revealed now, I think, is that the.... If anyone is comfortable with citizens not having representation for 12 months because someone is playing aro

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That wasn't explained up until 30 seconds ago.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Forgive me for going over the five minutes, but if anybody else had the insight, then they might have offered it at any point.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Stephanie, can you explain what the impact of this would be?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The circumstance you're imagining is that an election is called and Bill C-76 is not law.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Bill C-76 comes into force—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Regardless of—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Right. At seven months, it's the Prime Minister's prerogative to call that by-election, but the practice right now is that they don't call it within that 11 days. They simply wait and then, at seven months of somebody vacating the seat, that by-election rolls into the general ele

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's a minimum and no maximum, in terms of the by-election writ?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's just the minimum point at which it has to be called.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's under Bill C-76.