Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was. Indeed, that would be something to highlight with regard to the concerns that could arise, not necessarily with regard to the information on the ballot but to the availability of information in other contexts. I, of course, benefit from being in locations where I can eas

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As an English-speaking person, I don't have any difficulty with language rights of my own.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think there, indeed, should be protections for indigenous language rights. Whether they would be identical to English and French in a country where these are the two official languages and are used by much larger numbers of people presents some issues, especially considering th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's been awhile since I've been looking at all of the parts of it, so I wouldn't be placed to set out all of the obligations from that act today.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would totally agree that we need action urgently on various issues concerning indigenous peoples in Canada. Empathy goes only so far. There needs to be real action on a lot of different issues, and that needs to be in consultation and co-operation with indigenous peoples across

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I agree with the other speakers that we have to look for creative solutions. However, even if a solution looks creative, we also have to consider the unforeseeable effects and the other problems that might arise, as Professor Daoust said.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I vote in each federal election that takes place—unless I've missed one along the way. I can't say that for sure. But generally speaking, I have attempted to.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I've faced issues with location at times, when I was travelling or was located overseas at the time of some elections. That's why I say I'm not certain I voted in every one that I was eligible to vote in. I welcome Elections Canada's taking steps on those issues of accessibility

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would say all of the above are valuable. There may be limits to how many of them can be done, but any engagement by the committee, by other designated individuals on behalf of the committee or by Elections Canada developing its capacity would be valuable.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It depends very much on what the objectives are. If the objectives are to enhance electoral participation or opportunities for electoral participation, it makes the most sense to work with situations where languages are in active use and, in fact, in use in place of English and F

Procedure and House Affairs committee  One thing that I'll add is the importance of reaching out to indigenous communities across the country to hear from them what the different barriers are. I referenced the report of the Interagency Steering Group on Native American Voting Rights in the United States, and that's on

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I haven't looked at the empirical literature on the results of that across the United States. There, hopefully, would be scholars who have, and it would be worth looking for their scholarship on the effects of that. There have been various equivalents to ridings designated based

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The other panellists may have more to add on some of the other jurisdictions. The most natural comparators for Canada on indigenous issues would be jurisdictions like the United States, Australia and New Zealand, in terms of some shared political practices combined with the nat

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not aware, at the present time, of others that have made specific moves on this issue after UNDRIP. There may be some of which I'm unaware. As I mentioned, the United States, even since 1975, has made some efforts around this issue, although in the State of Alaska there had

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I'm just pulling up my copy of UNDRIP, if we're getting into further articles of it. I'll say, first of all, with respect to the commitment on what's sometimes called “implementation”, Canada has passed a particular statute that has two key obligations in it. One con