Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry. Were you addressing both of us?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  From my perspective, as long as the situation with COVID is in place, you are going to have a significant drop in participation from people with disabilities because of the fear of going out. In my particular case, I'm thinking of people with sight loss. It's not a fear, I woul

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not sure who that question was aimed at. I can say that we actually don't know how many people with sight loss in Canada are voting. Since the vote is secret, there is no way for us to be able to have specific statistics on that. Unfortunately, I can't answer that question.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  CNIB did an analysis after the last election in regard to the experiences of individuals in their election process, but we did not ask the question on how many.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, that was the purpose of our survey. It was to make sure we knew what the challenges were so that when we're participating in committees such as the Elections Canada committee, and also in presenting here, we would have some information about what those experiences were like

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. We both are.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thanks, Jewelles. I would agree with and echo Jewelles's comments. I find that Elections Canada has a really positive relationship with the committee. Although not every suggestion we put forward is possible, based on the fact that the legislation is there and that a lot of the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Some things have come up at the committee level. For people with sight loss, of course, it's about having those alternate ways of voting—telephone voting or potentially online voting, if there's a safe way to do that—and having other options that use technology and various types

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely we are facing some of those issues around the templates and with ballots that aren't ready until just before the election. Given that we are working with organizations like CNIB and CCD and other disability groups, I'd think that there's a solution out there. We j

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much. People with sight loss, as I said, are a spectrum. It's very important, with any ballots, to make sure that the print is very clear, that the text is very clean, that it has good colour contrast and that the print is large enough. That will really assist sen

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'm Diane Bergeron, and I'm just going to ask for a second as I set up my adaptive equipment. As a person who's totally blind, I use various technologies to help me in my presentations. I'm here on behalf of the Canadian National Institute for

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I agree with the other two speakers about the key points. There's also the fact of making sure not just that the debate is accessible, but also that the marketing or advertising is accessible, because people need to know when the debate is going to be happening, how the debate

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Descriptive video would have told me that very well. Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, well done. You're hired.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's not necessarily the only way. I think it's probably the best way, because somebody would be responsible. Either a commissioner or a committee would be in charge of making sure it was in place. If it wasn't the way the committee would go, I would recommend that you look at m