Canada's electoral process

Among the suggestions are: • The implementation of a proportional representation system (see the discussion in Part II, Section A); • Compulsory/mandatory voting (see the discussion below); • Lowering the minimum voting age (see the discussion below); • A return to the practice of door-to-door enumeration (see the discussion below); and • Sunday voting days (see the discussion below). [...] The amount of the final instalment will be 60% of the candidate’s paid election and personal expenses, less the first instalment already paid, or 60% of the maximum election expenses allowed under the Canada Elections Act, less the initial instalment. [...] In order to depoliticize the process, the competition proposed in the bill was to be open to all members of the public, and would resemble the procedure in place for hiring in the public service. [...] The objections as well as the minutes of the committee’s discussions and any evidence heard by the committee are sent to the CEO, who in turn forwards them to the appropriate commission. [...] Final reports of the commissions are sent by the CEO to the Speaker of the House of Commons and a draft representation order is prepared.