Requirements for Making Submissions During Commission Hearings

The Commission is holding hearings in all regions of Ontario to hear representations concerning the boundaries it has proposed.

The Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act requires advance notice for all presentations before any Commission hearings. The relevant subsection (19(5)) of the Act states:

"No representation shall be heard by a commission at any sittings held by it for the hearing of representations from interested persons unless notice in writing is given to the secretary of the commission within fifty-three days after the date of the publication of the last advertisement under subsection (2), stating the name and address of the person by whom the representation is sought to be made and indicating concisely the nature of the representation and of the interest of the person."

All notices of intent to make representations must be postmarked no later than October 12, 2002 and must be addressed to:

Will Fripp
Commission Secretary
Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario
1210–150 York Street
Toronto, Ontario  M5H 3S5

Faxed notices (1 866 237-1376), e-mailed notices (commission.on@bellnet.ca) and mailed representations (to the address above) will be accepted provided they have a name and address that can be confirmed.

Notices may also be submitted electronically by completing the required form on-line at www.elections.ca. Simply go to Federal Representation 2004, click on Federal Electoral Boundaries Commissions, locate the province and then click on Public Hearings.

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