Tom Lukiwski moved, — That Bill C-23, in Clause 48, be amended by(a) replacing line 7 on page 25 with the following:
“the elector’s identity and, subject to subsection (3), his or her residence:”
(b) replacing lines 24 to 34 on page 25 with the following:
“(4) Subsection 143(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(3) An elector who proves his or her identity by providing two pieces of identification of a type authorized under subsection (2.1) that establish the elector’s name may instead prove his or her residence by taking an oath in writing in the prescribed form — the form including the statement that he or she has received the oral advice set out in subsection 143.1(1) — if he or she is accompanied by another elector whose name appears on the list of electors for the same polling division who
(a) proves their own identity and residence to the deputy returning officer and poll clerk by providing the piece or pieces of identification referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or (b), respectively; and
(b) attests to the elector’s residence on oath in writing in the prescribed form, the form including the statements that
(i) they have received the oral advice set out in subsection 143.1(2),
(ii) they know the elector personally,
(iii) they know that the elector resides in the polling division,
(iv) they have not attested to the residence of another elector at the election, and
(v) their own residence has not been attested to by another elector at the election.
(5) Section 143 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3.2):”
(c) replacing lines 38 to 43 on page 25 with the following:
“(6) Subsections 143(5) and (6) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(5) No elector shall attest to the residence of more than one elector at an election.
(6) No elector whose own residence has been attested to at an election shall attest to another elector’s residence at that election.”
Debate arose thereon.