Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the Ontario case, Crown counsel stated that the practical problems of providing security to inmates to vote would not be an issue in the case; that in Ontario these problems would not be argued as a justification for preventing inmates to vote. However, Mr. Speaker, in consultation with the corrections services, I think we have to be sure, in the Northwest Territories, that those practical security issues would not be a problem or would not be a barrier to allowing inmates to vote. It may be that in a small community, given our staff-to-inmates ratio, It may be that we would have practical problems in allowing inmates to vote in an election. I am not saying this is the case, but it is a factor that I think makes the Northwest Territories perhaps different from Ontario, and that was one of the considerations we will have to evaluate in light of the Supreme Court ruling. Thank you.
Dennis Patterson on Question O636-12(2): Amendments To NWT Elections Act
In the Legislative Assembly on June 24th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question O636-12(2): Amendments To Nwt Elections Act
Question O636-12(2): Amendments To NWT Elections Act
Item 5: Oral Questions
June 23rd, 1992
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
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