Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. The Law Commission report is a separate document. It pre-dates the consideration by this committee of the order of reference from the House. I'm not sure offhand if it's available electronically, but we will endeavour to get copies.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We'll get the link circulated to all members in both languages.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We can have a draft letter to the Speaker as per Mr. Godin's suggestion.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The short answer is no. At present, there is no provision for a census to be conducted on the basis of the quinquennial census in 2006. After your first election, because the redistribution following the 1991 census had been delayed and legislation had been introduced both by t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In her e-mail to the clerk she indicated that she coordinates a group of lawyers who assist people who are homeless; if they do not have sufficient identification, she and her group facilitate their voting in elections. She asked to appear before the committee.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Both of these individuals had been on the list. Professor Hogg was unavailable for today's meeting, and Professor Sullivan is on sabbatical. She is out of town until October 14. We were unable to get that information until very recently.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The Standing Orders provide that the striking committee, i.e. this committee, must table the names for the legislative committee within five sitting days of debate beginning. So whether it was the debate beginning on Bill C-2, five sitting days, or this bill, the time begins from

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This committee is the committee responsible for electoral matters, including electoral redistribution. I think that in accordance with the Standing Orders, until her motion for second reading is amended, the chair and this committee are obliged to table that report by next Thursd

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The clerk has advised that debate on Bill C-290, which is an amendment to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, will begin today. Under the Standing Orders, the committee must table a report regarding a legislative committee, because that's where it will be referred if it re

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think what this is directed to is that where the register has not yet been updated by information that Elections Canada has received and a provincial election is taking place, they can send the register as well as the un-inputted data that will be added to the register to the p

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Eligible parties are parties that have been accepted for registration subject to their complying with certain requirements and actually running candidates in the next general election. These are parties who have applied for registration between elections.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  On this particular recommendation, he specifically says: Elections Canada would not be authorized to disclose this corollary information except to the elector (when requested by the elector under section 54 of the Act) or to the original source of the data.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Until the 1990s, provision was made in the act for people who were working for the Canadian government and who were posted abroad. If you were part of the military, if you were working as a diplomat, if you were working for a United Nations or other agency, you had the right to v

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This has been in the act since the early 1990s, I believe. The current provision reads: Any of the following persons may vote in accordance with Part 11: 11(d) a person who has been absent from Canada for less than five consecutive years and who intends to return to Canada a