Thank you, Chair.
Before I ask questions of the minister, I want to read in a notice of motion. I will be emailing that to the clerk and we can send it around. I'll read it out, and then I'll get on to asking questions.
The motion is as follows:
That the committee recognize that (i) a 2014 resolution prioritized by the Liberal Party of Canada called for “an all-Party process be instituted, involving expert assistance and citizen participation, to report to Parliament within 12 months with recommendations for electoral reforms including, without limitation, a preferential ballot and/or a form of proportional representation, to represent Canadians more fairly and serve Canada better”; (ii) the 2015 Liberal election campaign included a promise to end the first-past-the-post electoral system; (iii) The 2016 Report of the Standing Committee on Electoral Reform observed that a majority of the experts who testified recommended proportional representation. The government stated it would “undertake a period of comprehensive and effective citizen engagement before proposing specific changes to the current federal voting system”; (iv) A Leger poll conducted in September 2020 showed that 76% of respondents supported a move to proportional representation and 80% supported the idea of striking a non-partisan, independent citizens’ assembly on electoral reform; (v) In 2021, the Procedure and House Affairs Committee passed a motion to undertake a study of a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform; and, that the committee (a) urge the Government of Canada to establish a non-partisan National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform and (b) recommend to the House that it task the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs with developing guidelines for the establishment of such an assembly and report these to the House by December 15, 2023.
My first question to the minister—and obviously my last, with the limited time I have—is around misinformation and the fact that Finland is actually coming out as quite a strong leader.
Part of that is having extensive education in many of their programs, not only in elementary schools but all the way into college and university. It's not limited to just that classroom setting, but every classroom setting. I'm wondering if that's something you're working on with other levels of government.