Archive - Harper Government Introduces Citizen Voting Act

Ottawa, December 10, 2014 - Today, Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre introduced the Citizen Voting Act to help ensure everyone who votes is a Canadian citizen and to require voters living abroad to follow the ID rules set out in the Fair Elections Act. The bill will fill the void created in the aftermath of the Ontario Superior Court decision (Frank et al. v. Attorney General of Canada) which struck down the previous rules on voting in Canadian elections while living abroad.