Procedure and House Affairs committee  We don't have an exact number yet, but it was in the range of 15,000, as compared with about 13,000 the last time.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can provide for you the increase in vote-by-mail ballots. The cost figures will not be available until I have released my statutory report on the expense of the elections. After that, we can certainly table it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  During the day, we were fortunate that COVID-19 had a very minimal impact on the process. We did identify four individuals who were close contacts of cases of COVID. In those instances, those individuals were removed as workers and a cleaning process unfolded. All of this came th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. The chief medical health officer issued some guidance.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think you'll have to talk to the chief medical health officer about that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, not the local—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The chief medical health officer did.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You're asking for quite a bit of tabling, and we're in the middle of an election right now, as you can appreciate. I will certainly try to help you out as much as I possibly can.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll do that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, honourable members, thank you for the opportunity to meet with you today. My name is Michael Boda. I'm the chief electoral officer for the Province of Saskatchewan. I've been back here in Saskatchewan since 2012, but for the last two and a half decades I've worked o

Electoral Reform committee  You're asking for suggestions that don't change the electoral system?

Electoral Reform committee  Yes, and I think your question is a question that's being asked across the country. My chief electoral officer colleagues, including Marc Mayrand, are looking at this very issue carefully. How can we improve the voter experience? You did see, during the last election, that there

Electoral Reform committee  From an operational standpoint, you asked about costs related to different electoral systems. There are a lot of unknowns related to changing an electoral system, so I can't comment on the cost of changing the electoral system, but ultimately I wouldn't be of the view that one el

Electoral Reform committee  Sure. I mentioned 2022 because that is when our next boundary delimitation is scheduled. In essence, what we do is build a system based on the boundary delimitation and then work backwards from there. When that event occurs and the boundaries for constituencies change, we begin

Electoral Reform committee  With respect, I'm going to defer and ask Mr. Smith. I don't think I would want to make a comment on comparing them.