CEO Appearance: Supplementary Estimates B 2019-20 Binder Table of Contents Fact Sheets Lead Exercising the Right to Vote Elections Canada’s (EC) Response to Manitoba Storms EEI-OFG Efforts by EC for Indigenous electors PPA-OSE Official languages complaints during the general election (GE) and EC CEO-COS response/proposed solutions Enhanced Services to Jewish Communities RA-LS/EEI- OFG/PPA-OSE Initiatives for target groups PPA-OSE/EEI-OFG Vote on Campus EEI-OFG Regulating Political Entities Activities to educate third parties on the new regime RA-LS/PF Enforcement and Integrity Measures to increase the accuracy of the National Register of Electors (NRoE) EEI-EDMR Social media and disinformation RA-EIO/PPA Election Administration Cost of GE IS-CFO Social media influencer campaign (including response to Written Q-122) PPA-VIC/MRIM Comparison of costs of EC’s and Australia’s voter information campaigns PPA-VIC Security of IT Equipment IS COVID-19 and election preparation IS Background Documentation Lead Placemat – Election Related Stats PPA-P&R Proximity and accessibility of polling stations (improvements for the 43rd GE) EEI Media lines on Voter Qualification/Potential Non-Citizens on the NRoE PPA-MRIM Recent responses to MP Questions (2019) PPA-P&R Registration of Expat Electors-43rd GE EEI Statement on “Enforcement of the third-party regime by the Commissioner of PPA-P&R Canada Elections” Copy of Elections Canada Departmental Plan 2020-21 IS-CFO Copy of Supplementary Estimates IS-CFO *Binder prepared for the appearance of the Chief Electoral Officer before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on the Subject of the Supplementary Estimates “B” 2019-20 on March 12, 2020. CEO’s Appearance on Supplementary Estimates (B), 2019–20 / Comparution du DGE sur Budget supplémentaire des dépenses (B), 2019-2020 Fact Sheet / Fiche d’information Subject / Sujet ECs Response to Storms in Manitoba Key Message / Message clé • In response to storms in Manitoba during the election period, Elections Canada implemented a series of extraordinary measures to accommodate affected electors. • The agency also deployed special voting kiosks in two communities to allow hydro workers to vote. Facts / Faits • Severe storms caused considerable snow accumulations and major power outages in parts of Manitoba, triggering a state of emergency. This disrupted plans for advance polls in several electoral districts. Some communities were evacuated and polls did not open as planned, while others opened on a reduced schedule due to intermittent power outages. • As a result, the Chief Electoral Officer authorized the closing of advance polling places affected by the winter conditions and outages. • The advanced communication of a closing time was deemed essential to allow electors and campaigns to make arrangements for their polling day activities and to ensure the orderly functioning of the polls. • Some electoral districts continued to experience power outages, road closures, and flooding through election day. Additional Polling Places • The agency set up an additional polling place at the University of Winnipeg’s Convocation Hall for evacuees from 14 communities in four affected electoral districts: Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, Portage—Lisgar, and Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman. Elections Canada worked with the Canadian Red Cross to transport evacuees to the polls. • About 270 electors used this voting option, and ballots were counted on site at the end of election day. Special Voting Kiosks for Hydro Workers • The agency also accommodated emergency workers – mostly from Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba – who had been deployed in Manitoba to restore power and telecommunications services and who were unable to make it to their assigned polling station on election day. • The agency opened two additional service points, one in the community of Lundar and the other in Portage la Prairie, where workers could vote by special ballot. These offices were mainly staffed with volunteer headquarters employees, as most field resources were needed elsewhere. Elections Canada closely collaborated with Manitoba Hydro, coordinating voting times to prevent long lines and accommodate workers’ schedules. • In all, 592 workers used these additional service points. CEO’s Appearance on Supplementary Estimates (B), 2019–20 / Comparution du DGE sur Budget supplémentaire des dépenses (B), 2019-2020 Fact Sheet / Fiche d’information Voter Turnout for the 2019 and 2015 general elections Electoral Districts 2019 2015 Electors on Votes Voter Electors on Votes Voter % Turnout Population Population the lists Cast Turnout % the lists Cast Turnout % Difference Manitoba 1,278,365 927,347 595,998 64.3% 1,208,268 887,983 603,240 67.9% -3.7% 46001 - Brandon—Souris 88,170 63,401 41,430 65.3% 83,814 61,327 41,256 67.3% -1.9% 46002 - Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley 82,574 65,949 46,484 70.5% 81,864 64,081 47,352 73.9% -3.4% 46003 - Churchill—Keewatinook Aski 87,027 51,482 23,877 46.4% 85,148 51,994 30,196 58.1% -11.7% 46004 - Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa 87,527 63,250 40,845 64.6% 87,374 63,926 41,758 65.3% -0.7% 46005 - Elmwood—Transcona 92,738 70,062 43,677 62.3% 85,906 65,961 43,268 65.6% -3.3% 46006 - Kildonan—St. Paul 84,077 66,290 44,520 67.2% 81,794 62,299 44,036 70.7% -3.5% 46007 - Portage—Lisgar 97,354 67,397 44,911 66.6% 91,019 63,180 41,346 65.4% 1.2% 46008 - Provencher 99,946 71,676 48,627 67.8% 88,640 66,108 44,914 67.9% -0.1% 46009 - Saint Boniface—Saint Vital 89,818 68,631 47,607 69.4% 84,353 66,205 48,975 74.0% -4.6% 46010 - Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman 94,778 74,439 49,924 67.1% 91,463 72,259 49,579 68.6% -1.5% 46011 - Winnipeg Centre 85,949 59,762 31,998 53.5% 82,026 56,988 34,166 60.0% -6.4% 46012 - Winnipeg North 95,676 63,681 32,978 51.8% 88,616 58,573 34,233 58.4% -6.7% 46013 - Winnipeg South 99,678 69,567 48,192 69.3% 85,540 64,595 48,402 74.9% -5.7% 46014 - Winnipeg South Centre 93,053 71,760 50,928 71.0% 90,711 70,487 53,759 76.3% -5.3% CEO’s Appearance on Supplementary Estimates (B), 2019–20 / Comparution du DGE sur Budget supplémentaire des dépenses (B), 2019-2020 Fact Sheet / Fiche d’information Voter Turnout for the 2019 and 2015 general elections Provinces and Territories 2019 2015 Electors on Voter Electors on the Voter Population Votes Cast Population Votes Cast the lists Turnout % lists Turnout % Canada 35,151,728 27,373,058 18,350,359 67.0% 33,476,688 25,939,742 17,711,983 68.3% Newfoundland and Labrador/Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador 519,716 420,067 246,889 58.8% 514,536 421,038 257,389 61.1% Prince Edward Island/Île-du-Prince-Édouard 142,907 116,721 86,362 74.0% 140,204 113,505 87,868 77.4% Nova Scotia/Nouvelle-Écosse 923,598 771,411 538,738 69.8% 921,727 742,931 526,069 70.8% New Brunswick/Nouveau-Brunswick 747,101 616,704 444,356 72.1% 751,171 597,542 444,459 74.4% Quebec/Québec 8,164,361 6,482,847 4,360,030 67.3% 7,903,001 6,393,478 4,303,758 67.3% Ontario 13,448,494 10,484,419 6,947,807 66.3% 12,851,821 9,691,517 6,572,378 67.8% Manitoba 1,278,365 927,347 595,998 64.3% 1,208,268 887,983 603,240 67.9% Saskatchewan 1,098,352 807,984 586,536 72.6% 1,033,381 779,405 553,792 71.1% Alberta 4,067,175 3,023,980 2,093,981 69.2% 3,645,257 2,842,504 1,937,228 68.2% British Columbia/Colombie-Britannique 4,648,055 3,641,258 2,402,554 66.0% 4,400,057 3,392,598 2,374,317 70.0% Yukon 35,874 29,591 21,150 71.5% 33,897 26,879 20,385 75.8% Northwest Territories/Territoires du Nord-Ouest 41,786 30,704 16,416 53.5% 41,462 30,110 19,077 63.4% Nunavut 35,944 20,025 9,542 47.7% 31,906 20,252 12,023 59.4% CEO’s Appearance on Supplementary Estimates (B), 2019–20 / Comparution du DGE sur Budget supplémentaire des dépenses (B), 2019-2020 Fact Sheet / Fiche d’information Subject / Sujet: Efforts by EC for Indigenous electors Key Message / Message clé • Elections Canada undertook a wide range of operational and outreach activities to ensure First Nations, Inuit, and Métis electors had access to the information and services they needed to vote, should they choose to do so. • We worked with eight national and regional Indigenous organizations and offered voter information campaign products in 16 indigenous languages – up from 12 in the last GE. • Returning officers were instructed to contact all First Nations’ reserves when selecting polling locations in the summer of 2018 and hired record numbers of indigenous Community Relations Officers (CROs) for this election. • The number of polling places (both advance and ordinary) on First Nations reserves increased from 366 in the 42nd GE to 389 in the 43rd GE. • The registration rates and voter turn-out on reserves requires data analysis which is in progress and will be made available in late spring. Facts / Faits • Returning officers hired 231 CROs to work with Indigenous electors, an increase from 169 hired for the 42nd GE.