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Ce qui me frappe dans cette façon de procéder, c'est que, contrairement à qu'on voit au Québec, on semble avoir perdu de vue une notion du droit parlementaire britannique qui remonte au XVIe ou XVIIe siècle, soit la notion de la persona designata, la personne désignée.
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The second matter that I would like to discuss in relation to your bill is the appointment of the chief electoral officer and deputy returning officers. I'll start with the position of Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Currently, this person is appointed on motion passed by the House of Commons, and, if I understand the proposed legislation correctly, now the... [Editor's note: technical problems]... until 65 years of age. Apparently, the Chief Electoral Officer can remain in office until 65 years of age. Therefore, if a person is appointed to this position at age 40, unless removed from office at some point, that person will remain in office for 25 or 30 years. The surprising think about this approach, in my view, is that unlike what we have in Quebec, we seem to have lost sight of a concept associated with British parliamentary law which dates back to the 16th or 17th century, namely the concept of persona designata.
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