Procedure and House Affairs committee  In our constitutional challenge, we've presented an affidavit from Professor Joshua Douglas, of the University of Kentucky College of Law. He is informing us, really, that the in-person fraud is not something that's happening in a way that is being created or is making us think i

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct. On principle, in our over 30-year history, we have never accepted.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that looking at students or young people in general is a really good example of that. What we know, aside from a bump in the last election, is that generally young people are voting less. What we know about education is that it would promote a really strong electorate. W

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Perhaps it's because I'm coming from a non-partisan organization, but I think that's critically important. We need to have these civil society and government bodies that are non-partisan and seek to invite people to join into a process, not to tell them that they have to vote,

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They're probably not.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think it's very similar to the remarks I've already made in terms of who gets to participate and who has.... It's about accessibility. As has been mentioned around child care, we have to look at what provides people the opportunity to participate, whether it's child care in mak

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's the responsibility of the people who have privilege—you folks, me—to create those opportunities, not to turn to those people and say, “Well, that burden is actually on you, so you have to make it happen.” Whenever we're assessing something, that's the way we have to look at

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe we were. I'm new to the organization—I took on the role as executive director only in February—but that is my understanding.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would assume so, but that would be an assumption on my behalf. I'm not entirely sure.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would imagine, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The Blue Planet Project specifically is registered as a separate entity from the Council of Canadians. We are a third party organization to one another. They have their own board of directors. They operate and also have charitable status in the United States.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's currently how it is.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it's more related to accessing foundation funding. It's something that foundations in the United States are interested in—donating to a section 501(c)(3) charity.