Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think we have to look for creative solutions. If the photographs seem to offer multilingual information, I think we should consider that option, just as we use the parties' images and logos. We can imagine all sorts of possible markings that would not call for translation into

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for that. I would start by saying, to reiterate a point that Professor Newman made, that consulting with the communities that are concerned seems to be of the utmost importance to find out what they think are feasible solutions to be able to get languages on the ballot

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Professor Newman may have some things to add to this, but I think building capacity within Elections Canada makes a lot of sense and to have that.... In every step of the way, consultation is probably a good thing, but building in-house capacity within Elections Canada to explore

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I concur with Professor Newman.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak at greater length. In my opinion, we shouldn't say that the indigenous people don't participate in democratic life. What we observe is that they don't participate in political life this way. A number of processes have been put in

Procedure and House Affairs committee  May I also intervene, Madam Chair?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I won't add anything additional to what Mr. Newman brought up, except to say that during the COVID pandemic, the jurisdictions at provincial and federal levels experimented rather quickly with a number of alternative voting options. One other additional option to explore was the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity to be here, Madam Chair. I'd like to acknowledge that I'm calling from the unceded territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka nation on whose land the Université du Québec à Montréal is located. I'd also like to situate my comments. I speak for m