Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that would open the door to a number of unfortunate consequences. We know that people sometimes use heuristic indicia and shortcuts when they vote, in particular in some less important elections, like municipal votes. The mere alphabetical order of the candidates can alr

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I fully agree. The first part was about when, and I would say probably as soon as possible. Otherwise, I fully agree with what has been said.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I fully agree.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We didn't interview indigenous people to ask their opinions about voting and Elections Canada. We studied the data, because this was a quantitative empirical study. Regarding employment of indigenous people at Elections Canada, I think we added control variables that measured th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Unfortunately, we didn't collect that kind of data.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We focused on the number of candidates, not the number of indigenous voters. We didn't look at how the number of indigenous voters varies over time. Thank you for your questions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sorry, I missed the first part of the question because I was lost in translation, but I picked up the very last bit. Yes, the cost of voting or accessibility of voting is not the most important factor that predicts whether someone is going to vote or not. This is true for both i

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I have not done research that related specifically to colonialism and indigenous people's interest in politics. However, I have taken an interest in related subjects. In a study I co-wrote with Martin Papillon and Simon Dabin that was published recently, I measured the effec

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Our results have been published and the gross data come from Elections Canada. I could send you the reference. It is an article that was published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science by Simon Dabin, Jean-François Daoust and Martin Papillon. The data comes from Elections

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. Yes, I think it's important. However, we seem to be assuming that symbols are minor and of no great consequence, as if something symbolic has no substance. As Ms. Harell said, symbols sometimes have effects that influence other attitudes, including p

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Unfortunately, I am not knowledgeable enough beyond the Canadian case and the U.K., but I assume that New Zealand and Australia, as mentioned, would be the cases to consider.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, everyone. When I learned the subject of today's discussion, I saw three separate components. First, we have to look at the principles and values of our society that would lead us to include, or not, indigenous languages on federal election