Procedure and House Affairs committee  Will your government ensure that government departments cannot release public opinion research, reports, or other documents that may influence public opinion, except those of course required by law during the pre-writ period?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Will your government ensure that no major announcements about policy intentions or budget projections can be made during the pre-writ period?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That concludes my questions, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, pardon me; before we begin, I had a point of order, please.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My apologies, and my apologies to you, Ms. May. Before we begin our extensive clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-76, I want to give the courtesy of a heads-up to my colleagues about some additional Conservative amendments. There are approximately 21 amendments that were d

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I tried to be more expressive than Bardish. That's a joke.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. The first amendment will be moved before amendment PV-1. The first amendment, entitled CPC-10008563, is: That Bill C-76, in Clause 2, be amended by adding after line 25 on page 2 the following: (e.1) the ballot reconciliation reports prepared under section 283.1;

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sure. It relates to the inverted polling division/polling station relationship, and adds a ballot reconciliation requirement where multiple polls are at one polling station.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Apparently the reason for this amendment is concern that there will not be the ability to identify the numeric outcomes at one polling station, whereas the existing system ensures that there is the ability to determine the number coming from one specific polling station.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In CPC-9950080, we are proposing that—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Oh, sorry.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is a new one, because I believe now that PV-1 has been defeated, the other is moot.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay, well, I think it's obvious in here: “future elector means a Canadian citizen who is 16 years”.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sure. It is in coordination with my question to the minister during her appearance here today about the government at present enjoying specific advantages in regard to being the government. What this attempts to do is level the playing field for the other registered parties in te