Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have been working with Justice and with lawyers to try to find that balance. It's a very difficult balance between freedom of expression and what's fair and just in a democratic society. We've been working to do that, and that informs the pre-writ period and also the writ pe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have worked with Justice lawyers to get that answer.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There was a tabling of the charter impact statement.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's June 30.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Next election year.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  History would tell you that you wouldn't get to the fixed election date.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm just trying to help. If the government were to fall prior to the fixed election date, you would run under the regular rules, so there would be no pre-election period. It would not be possible to set up because you wouldn't know in advance when the government was going to fall

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You're correct, Mr. Reid. The provision around the 50-day maximum would not apply, either.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it's simply a 50-day maximum.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, just what Mr. Richards said, that in the nine months proceeding the fixed-date election you could not call a by-election.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm just checking. Manon simply adds that the 50-day maximum also applies to the by-election.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As you know, the Prime Minister has 180 days to call a by-election. If he were to call the by-election before royal assent, then the new legislation would not apply. If he were to call it after, then it would apply.