Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. I am reading the recommendations.

Recommendation 1

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer make voter lists available to candidates in a more timely manner, and in a standard electronic format which can be manipulated.

Recommendation 2

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer undertake research on voter identification requirements, and report back to the committee with options for amending the current requirements to make them more appropriate for NWT communities.

Recommendation 3

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer monitor developments on the use of social media during election campaigns in other jurisdictions, and consider developing guidelines to assist candidates and their teams before the next general election.

Recommendation 4

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer develop a standard, based on accounting principles that reflects depreciated value for calculating the value of campaign expenses for signs that are reused from previous elections.

Recommendation 5

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer ensure that for the next general election there is improved signage to clearly identifying the location of polling stations.

Recommendation 6

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the government review practices in other jurisdictions concerning government advertising during election campaigns, and develop appropriate guidelines for election year advertising by the end of 2014.

Recommendation 7

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer undertake research on the relationship between voter turnout and the day of the week on which elections take place, and

report back to the committee with the results of that research.

Recommendation 8

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Elections and Plebiscites Act be amended to enable the Chief Electoral Officer to communicate, during an election of a campaign, the contents of the list of electors to the public using the best available means.

Recommendation 9

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Elections and Plebiscites Act be amended to enable returning officers to strike names from the preliminary list of electors in cases where the returning officer is certain a person is no longer resident in the electoral district; and to require the returning officer to post the names of persons struck from the list and to update it daily during the revision period.

Recommendation 10

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer identify options for a clear definition for the term “broadcasting” and report back to the committee.

Recommendation 11

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Elections and Plebiscites Act be amended to change the period for mail-in ballots by enabling an elector to apply to the CEO to vote by special ballot up to two weeks before the issue of the writ for an electoral district continuing until the 10th day

before polling day; and to provide that the CEO does not provide special ballots until after the close of the nomination periods.

Recommendation 12

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer develop detailed recommendations to replace the provisions for advance polls in communities without returning officers and fewer than 500 residents, with a special voting opportunity, and report back to the committee.

Mr. Speaker, at this point, I would like to now turn the continuation of the report over to my colleague Mr. Menicoche. Thank you.