{"time": "2007-11-15 15:55:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Gary Goodyear (Cambridge, CPC)", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member. He has done a lot of work and has been very concerned about this issue, as all of us are, and he quite rightly points out that all parties appear to be cooperating and not playing games to get this through.

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The member's comments about folks who travel is a very good one because a lot of folks in my riding too when the weather gets bad, head down to Florida. We want to ensure that wherever Canadians are in the world at the time of an election, that they actually have every availability to them to express their franchise to vote. The member should know that special ballots, mail-in ballots, allow folks that are in another country to go to the Canadian embassy and vote there. Those ballots can be sent home as our troops have done, et cetera. So none of those are affected by this legislation.

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The member may not be familiar with the most current piece of legislation whereby the government wants to ensure that every opportunity is provided for Canadians to vote and vote with integrity within the system. We have added an extra couple of days where Canadians can vote. That would help some of the folks in my riding who perhaps might be in Florida on the day of the election. They can mail in their ballots as I have said in a special ballot situation, but it is convenient for Canadians to have these extra voting days.

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I wonder if the member would not mind to comment on his intentions to support the other legislation that I am sure would help folks in his riding too by having a couple of extra couple of options. I suspect in the member's riding that having an extra couple of days might be a great idea because I know his riding is very large and that would help folks to have a few extra days. Would he support that legislation?

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Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie le d\u00e9put\u00e9. Il a travaill\u00e9 tr\u00e8s fort et se pr\u00e9occupe beaucoup de cette question, comme nous tous. Il a fait remarquer que tous les partis semblent dispos\u00e9s \u00e0 coop\u00e9rer et \u00e0 mettre les jeux politiques de c\u00f4t\u00e9 dans le but de faire adopter cette mesure.

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Ce qu'a dit le d\u00e9put\u00e9 \u00e0 propos des gens qui voyagent est tr\u00e8s juste. Dans ma circonscription aussi, quand le temps se g\u00e2te, beaucoup de gens vont en Floride. Nous voulons faire en sorte que, o\u00f9 que se trouvent les Canadiens dans le monde au moment des \u00e9lections, ils puissent se pr\u00e9valoir de leur droit de vote. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 devrait savoir que les bulletins de vote sp\u00e9ciaux, les bulletins postaux, permettent aux Canadiens \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger de voter \u00e0 partir de l'ambassade du Canada du pays en question. Ces bulletins sont ensuite envoy\u00e9s au Canada, c'est d'ailleurs comme cela que nos troupes ont vot\u00e9. Le projet de loi ne change rien \u00e0 cela.

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Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 n'est peut-\u00eatre pas au courant de la derni\u00e8re mesure l\u00e9gislative pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par le gouvernement dans le but de veiller \u00e0 ce que tout le monde puisse exercer son droit de vote en toute int\u00e9grit\u00e9. Nous avons \u00e9largi de quelques jours la p\u00e9riode pendant laquelle les Canadiens peuvent voter. Cela aiderait certains de mes \u00e9lecteurs qui pourraient bien \u00eatre en Floride le jour des \u00e9lections. Ils peuvent envoyer leur bulletin par la poste, comme je l'ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 dit quand j'ai parl\u00e9 des bulletins sp\u00e9ciaux, mais il est quand m\u00eame pratique pour les Canadiens de disposer de quelques jours de vote suppl\u00e9mentaires.

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J'aimerais que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 nous fasse part de ses intentions par rapport \u00e0 l'autre projet de loi qui, j'en suis s\u00fbr, aiderait les gens de sa circonscription aussi en leur proposant quelques options suppl\u00e9mentaires. Je pense d'ailleurs, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 la taille de la circonscription du d\u00e9put\u00e9, que ses \u00e9lecteurs aimeraient bien avoir quelques jours de vote suppl\u00e9mentaires. Compte-t-il appuyer le projet de loi?

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