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Consultations Reports of 2019

Event:
Inspire Democracy – Toolkit 1: Journey to Running in a Federal Election
Objectives:
  • To pilot the workshop model developed for Toolkit 1
  • To identify gaps in information about running in a federal election
Audience:
Potential candidates, experienced candidates, campaign support staff, people supporting candidates
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Intersectional
Date:
February 9, 2019

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Event:
Advisory Committee for Political Parties (ACPP) meeting
Objective:
Provide updates to members of the Advisory Committee of Political Parties (ACPP) and get feedback on changes Elections Canada is making to its services and programs.
Items for consultation:
Inspire Democracy toolkits; Factsheet for political parties and candidates; Accessible campaigns and disability expenses for candidates and political parties
Audience:
Members of the advisory committee
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Political parties
Date:
February 13–14, 2019

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Event:
Improving Election Services and Elections Canada Communications Products - Advanced Business Match Prairies
Objectives:
  • To meet with Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis representatives to discuss how best to offer election services in their communities
  • To learn what communications products would be most useful in reducing barriers to registering, voting, and working at an election
Audience:
First Nations and Métis community leaders in Saskatchewan
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Indigenous electors
Date:
February 26, 2019

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Event:
Inspire Democracy – Toolkit 1: Pilot Presentation at Equal Voice Campaign School
Objectives:
  • To pilot the presentation of the guide
  • To identify gaps in information about running in a federal election and barriers faced by women candidates
Audience:
Potential candidates, experienced candidates, campaign support staff, people supporting candidates
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Intersectional
Date:
March 1, 2019

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Event:
Advisory Group for Disability Issues (AGDI) meeting
Objective:
Provide updates to members of the Advisory Group for Disability Issues (AGDI) and get feedback on changes Elections Canada is making to its services and programs.
Items for consultation:
Information package for Inspire Democracy's Toolkits; Improvements resulting from Bill C-76 to candidates' accessibility expenses and campaign accessibility expenses; General election priorities; The role of Community relations officers during elections; Recruitment; Mobile applications and application functions that Elections Canada could develop as a way to improve how electors get information about federal elections.
Audience:
Members of the advisory committee
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Persons with disabilities
Date:
April 17–18, 2019

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Event:
Meeting with the Advisory Circle of Educators
Objective:

To seek input and expert advice on Elections Canada's civic education renewal strategy, specifically on the development and production of new pedagogical resources

Audience:
Educators from every provincial and territorial jurisdiction, one educator from a First Nations school and two members at large
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Youth
Date:
April 29–30, 2019

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Event:
Improving Election Services and Elections Canada Communications Products - Advanced Business Match West
Objectives:
  • To meet with British Columbia First Nations representatives to discuss how best to offer election services in their communities
  • To learn what communications products would be most useful in reducing barriers to registering, voting, and working at an election
Audience:
First Nations community leaders in British Columbia
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Indigenous electors
Date:
May 14, 2019

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Event:
Improving Election Services and Elections Canada Communications Products - Advanced Business Match Northern Ontario
Objectives:
  • To meet with Ontario First Nations representatives to discuss how best to offer election services in their communities
  • To connect them with their local returning officers
  • To learn what communications products would be most useful in reducing barriers to registering, voting, and working at an election
Audience:
First Nations community leaders in northern Ontario
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Indigenous electors
Date:
June 11, 2019

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Event:
Advisory Committee for Political Parties (ACPP) meeting
Objective:
Provide updates to members of the Advisory Committee of Political Parties (ACPP) and get feedback on changes Elections Canada is making to its services and programs.
Items for consultation:
"Third party" in the Canada Elections Act (Bill C-76); best practices in keeping with Bill C-76
Audience:
Members of the advisory committee
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Political parties
Date:
June 13, 2019

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Event:
Vote on Campus: Meeting with Colleges and Institutes Canada
Objectives:
  • To provide an update on the progress of the program
  • To solicit students' opinions on the planning of the program and how to best follow up with schools
Audience:
Students and post-secondary institutions
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Students
Date:
June 26, 2019

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Event:
Improving Election Services and Elections Canada Communications Products - Advanced Business Match East
Objectives:
  • To meet with Ontario First Nations representatives to discuss how best to offer election services in their communities
  • To connect them with their local returning officer
  • To learn what communications products would be most useful in reducing barriers to registering, voting, and working at an election
Audience:
First Nations community leaders in Ontario (particularly southern Ontario)
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Indigenous electors
Date:
August 27, 2019

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Event:
100th Anniversary Logo Design – Online Consultation
Objective:
To consult new electors in order to choose the logo design for Elections Canada's 100th anniversary
Audience:
New electors and other stakeholders such as the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, Institut du Nouveau Monde, City for All Women Initiative, Apathy is Boring, and Citoyenneté Jeunesse
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
New electors
Date:
November 8, 2019

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Event:
Improving Election Services and Elections Canada Communications Products - Advanced Business Match Lower Mainland
Objectives:
  • To meet with British Columbia First Nations representatives to discuss how best to offer election services in their communities
  • To connect them with their local returning officer
  • To learn what communications products would be most useful in reducing barriers to registering, voting, and working at an election
Audience:
First Nations community leaders in British Columbia (particularly in the southern mainland and Vancouver Island)
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Indigenous electors
Date:
November 19, 2019

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Event:
Improving Election Services and Elections Canada Communications Products - Meeting with EMBERS/Eastside Works
Objective:
To meet with representatives of EMBERS/Eastside Works to learn about the challenges their constituents (homeless electors in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside) faced in accessing election information and services during the general election
Audience:
Intervenors with homeless electors in Vancouver
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Homeless electors
Date:
November 21, 2019

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Event:
Advisory Committee for Political Parties (ACPP) meeting
Objective:
Provide updates to members of the Advisory Committee of Political Parties (ACPP) and get feedback on changes Elections Canada is making to its services and programs.
Items for consultation:
Party experiences with the nomination and e-nomination process during the general election; Political Entities Service Centre Online Portal; Party satisfaction with products and materials developed for political entities (e.g. political financing manuals, OGIs, Inspire Democracy toolkit on running in an election, etc.) leading up to the general election; Party satisfaction with support received from Elections Canada, including from the returning officers and the Political Entities Support Network; The usefulness of products developed by Elections Canada to support parties in making campaigns more accessible; role of parties in the process to recruit poll workers during the general election; Party experience during advance polling days and on election day; Party experiences with voting by special ballot at Elections Canada offices, post-secondary campuses, and other service points.
Audience:
Members of the advisory committee
Consulted Stakeholder Groups:
Political parties
Date:
December 2, 2019

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