Government Operations committee  I'm going to have to go back and check on that. My understanding, and perhaps Ms. Boyle can—

Government Operations committee  My understanding is that it has been the same since day one, but Minister, I....

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would just say that studies from Canada, Australia, and the U.S. indicate that civic education has a positive impact on subsequent civic participation and voter turnout, etc. There's clearly a body of evidence out there in this area.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The cost in terms of the contract with Vox Pop?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In terms of electoral reform writ large, I think it's in the order of about $3.8 million when you add in staff, contract, the mail out from Canada Post, and the minister's tour. If it would be helpful to the committee, we could provide a detailed breakdown of the costs that have

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Reid, I'll start, and Ms. Kim can add in as she sees fit. In terms of the data elements, Vox Pop still has the data set. There are two data elements that have been generalized, the year of birth and the postal code, simply because the analysis around those has already been d

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Reid, you've just gone to the heart of the issue. You'll be aware from the Vox Pop survey and final report that the government has indicated publicly that they would only be receiving data back in aggregate form. That has been clearly stated. We just got your request yesterd

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I am going to need Ms. Kim's help on this, but let me just start by describing the overall response. As for why the field test was done, there were a number of objectives. One was to ensure that in the end survey we would have a limited number of questions—obviously, you get a hi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You asked three questions, and if I don't get to them all, Mr. Reid, you can follow up in the next round and make sure I get them covered. In terms of the results, I'd give the same answer that I gave last time, that it is subject to our having a look at what exactly can be pro

Public Safety committee  I can start, and my colleague can join in as he sees fit. I want to give you a good answer to your question. If you look at other Westminster jurisdictions, take the issues of the reviewing of ongoing operations. A number of other Westminster jurisdictions don't allow that. A nu

Public Safety committee  I read it the same way.

Public Safety committee  The Prime Minister is given this express power in the same way that ministers are given express powers elsewhere in the statute. He's capable of taking advice from different quarters, as ministers are, in terms of making various decisions under statute. In terms of the framing of

Public Safety committee  The Prime Minister would have to consult in terms of the nature of the information in question. I mean, you can't, obviously, consult in quarters where it wouldn't be appropriate to consult in terms of sensitive information. It sounds like you're interested in more detail on—

Public Safety committee  If it would be helpful to the committee, I'm certainly willing to undertake to see if there is additional information that we can provide to the committee in terms of how this particular provision would be approached.

Public Safety committee  They need to keep it confidential.