Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I'll ask the Special Minister of State to address the bill that has been put forward, based on the recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, not once but twice. The proposition that the government seeks to progress, based on that recommendation, is that people who go to vote should be able to say who they are and prove who they are in a democracy.

These are policies that are pursued by Canada—and the last time I saw him, I didn't notice Justin Trudeau looking very much like the former President of the United States. We respect them both. We respect all of our partners' leaders, because they're democratically elected, with a democratic process which has integrity. The vote-saving provisions under the declaration votes, as the Leader of the Opposition would well know, will ensure that, under our proposals, every vote will count and every vote will matter. You've got to really ask yourself why those opposite don't want people to have to prove who they are when they vote.

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