Discussion · Government Orders
Kevin Lamoureux Liberal
“We want to work together on this elections bill. I want to ask the member about our plan to shorten the ballot. Right now, the bill says a voter can only support one candidate to get on the ballot, and an official agent can only work for one candidate in a riding. Does he want to change those rules?”
“Mr. Speaker, as I indicated to the previous Conservative speaker, it is the government’s intent to work collaboratively on this legislation. The member said it well when he said that the foundation of our democracy is something that we should virtually never, ever take for granted. I was interested in his comments in regard to the long ballot. I thought he articulated them quite well. Does he see any changes required to what is currently in the legislation where we are proposing that a voter can only sign one nomination form for a candidate to be on the ballot, and that one can be an official agent outside of that one constituency, but one can only be an official agent for one candidate in that constituency?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, as I indicated to the previous Conservative speaker, it is the government’s intent to work collaboratively on this legislation. The member said it well when he said that the foundation of our democracy is something that we should virtually never, ever take for granted. I was interested in his comments in regard to the long ballot. I thought he articulated them quite well. Does he see any changes required to what is currently in the legislation where we are proposing that a voter can only sign one nomination form for a candidate to be on the ballot, and that one can be an official agent outside of that one constituency, but one can only be an official agent for one candidate in that constituency?