Michael Cooper

Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a supplementary report from Conservative members of the committee. The longest ballot committee constitutes a coordinated effort to undermine our elections, undermine confidence in a democratic process and sow confusion among voters. Conservatives support the recommendations in the report to close the loopholes in the Canada Elections Act that the longest ballot [more]

I'm not asking about complaints that Elections Canada is looking at. That's not the issue here. The issue here is that complaints went into or may have gone into a black hole. In other words, they were not acted upon.

Are we talking about a handful? Are we talking about—

That was the case in his complaint, but what about other complaints?

Okay. Can you undertake to provide this committee any additional complaints that were caught by the security screen but were not identified, when they date back to, what their status is now, including when and if they were transferred to the commissioner of Canada elections, and whether those complainants have been informed that their complaints to Elections Canada went into a black hole? That's [more]

Let me ask you this. Were any complaints identified that were trapped in the security filter that were not then forwarded to the commissioner of Canada elections in a timely manner?

Okay. How many complaints were caught by the security filter and not passed on to the commissioner of Canada elections?

Of those, 42 are independent.

Since there were certain complaints that were caught, have any been transferred, since the check was done on the security filter, to the commissioner of Canada elections?

Okay. Thank you for that. Moving on to a different topic associated with the longest ballot committee, a complaint had been put forward by Mr. Davies, who appeared before this committee, Ryan Davies. He submitted a complaint on July 25 to Elections Canada. He raised the matter of his complaint when he appeared before this committee. When you came subsequent to his appearance, you said that you [more]

You said it worked well. I would agree with you that it works a lot better than a ballot that's a metre or a metre and a half long, but I would assume that it would still present difficulties for some voters, such as those who might have physical disabilities or those with literacy challenges, among other impediments. I would take it that this is not an ideal situation. It's the best that can be [more]

Were there any measures in place before to monitor the security filter?