Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely. That is something that was done in 2014 in the legislation. We did not have time to implement the systems to facilitate electronic submission of candidate returns. That is being done as we speak, and the work is progressing well. I fully expect to have full online sub

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly, in terms of the legal unification of Elections Canada—it is not necessarily a physical co-location but a legal reunification—what it will facilitate is the transfer of information from Elections Canada to the commissioner in a smoother way, and that assists the commiss

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —go a long way to provide a much more calibrated set of tools for the commissioner to intervene and the power to compel testimony as well. From an enforcement point of view, I think this is a good piece of legislation. The reunification is certainly a good thing, but it's not as

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's our view, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My officials have been working with PCO officials since last fall. I can't remember the exact date, but they have been providing technical advice, not policy advice but technical advice on the drafting. They haven't been in the drafting room as such, but they have seen various va

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's perfectly correct. It's the overhead. A party convention is part of a party's natural activities and defraying for a party's activities normally is a contribution. That's how I see it. I'm particularly concerned that, if a person is allowed to pay for the entire conventi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct. I think that the act should contemplate situations where a person tries to interfere with the conduct of an election, a leadership contest, or a nomination contest, by interfering with a computer system.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Exactly.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It goes to changing the results. What I'm saying is that it may not be the purpose, but it may be just as nefarious to actually disrupt the election and undermine trust in the election. I'll give you an example. If someone tries to penetrate the national register of electors and

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As part of the modernization effort, the act will now refer to polling stations as what was traditionally a number, in some cases, of polling divisions. That reflects that change.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's a pleasure to be back before the committee. This is a bit unusual, but I didn't want to repeat what I said on Tuesday. My remarks are now on the record, with my statement appended to the evidence. As for what I didn't talk about on Tuesday, I focus on

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's okay. Again, on privacy and on third parties, these are two areas that may warrant, in my view, some further discussion and examination by the committee. Before I get into the table, I just want to say a few words about the third party rules. Overall, the proposals in B

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. It's fully integrated. It's about the tools and how we roll them out and make them available.