“Mr. Speaker, I found it interesting when the member was talking about the longest ballot issue. I am in full agreement on how we are moving forward with the official agents, because it makes absolutely no sense at all to have a multitude of candidates being represented in one riding by one official agent. That is a positive. The area that caught my interest was her explanation of getting the nomination form signed. When I go to the doors, I will often say it does not mean they are supporting me. All it means is that I am able to get my name on the ballot. Generally speaking, people of all political stripes are very sympathetic to that. I am somewhat concerned about the Bloc’s looking for an alternative to it. Because Elections Canada has a mechanism to enable party feedback, has the Bloc party’s representative provided that sort of feedback on the issue? If not, maybe that is something they could review in the future.”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 47 wordsto answer the parliamentary secretary’s question, it is important to remember that the measure has still not been adopted.1In fact, it does not exist until the bill receives royal assent.2We made these recommendations in committee proactively and asked the Chief Electoral Officer some questions directly.3The question · 12 wordsWho better to answer our questions than the Chief Electoral Officer himself?Claims · 55 wordsHe confirmed that, in any case, there is no way to implement an enforcement mechanism to prevent someone from signing more than one nomination form.4He told us very openly that he hoped this measure would act as a deterrent, 5but that, otherwise, we could not hope to solve the problem with this measure alone.Reasoning · 57 wordsOur argument is that all the other measures, such as the single official agent that the parliamentary secretary mentioned and the sanctions imposed on those who encourage someone to sign multiple nomination forms, would be enough.In other words, there is no added value in the requirement to have a single signature, although there are several disadvantages.
