Procedure and House Affairs committee  They were all consequential to the pilot project of--

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, all consequential to the pilot project that was negatived.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In response to Madam Redman's first question, Mr. Chair, I would like to point out that there is already a pilot project in the Canada Elections Act with respect to electronic means of voting. It is at section 18.1. The Chief Electoral Officer can try out such a pilot project at

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Since they are not part of the bill, it would be a logical interpretation that the person codifying the act would take that into consideration when printing the act, just to reflect what the clause already says, although with respect to the cross-references in terms of offences,

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'd just like to point out that the ballot boxes that are used on the last day of advance polling, being the week before polling day, are not the same ballot boxes as would be used on polling day.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think this is something for the chair and the committee to decide, whether the provision was out of order or not.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My name is Marc Chénier. I am counsel with the Legislation and House Planning section of the Privy Counsel Office.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My name is Marc Chénier and I am the legal counsel at the Privy Council Office's Legislation and House Planning section. I am here for the consideration of Bill C-18.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My name is Marc Chénier, and I am legal counsel for the Democratic Reform group at the Privy Council Office.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, the descriptive references that appear at the end of an offence are not part of the bill. Because of this, it's Department of Justice policy not to amend them when there is no other change in the provision. That's why they were not amended in the bill as introduced.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'll answer the second one of these questions. I'm not sure it is our role to answer the first one. On the second one, right now the Canada Elections Act is blind to what happens after the person is elected, so it's the association or the party that endorsed the candi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The Bloc amendment would remove the assumption of liability by the association.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would like to make a small correction. It is not the person as an individual who takes out the loan, it is the campaign. But the fact remains that, as presently written, the bill requires the local association or the party to assume responsibility for the debts or unpaid loans

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'd just like to point out that under amendment CPC-2, which was just adopted by the committee, the unpaid amount of a loan will already have been counted as a contribution during the year in which it was made. So this isn't a question of the paid amount of the guarant

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I understood this, I think it's more--