It would also like to give more time for long-term-care residents to vote by allowing polling staff to craft specialized voting plans for each facility, and allow mail-in ballots to be accepted until the day after the two-day weekend voting period. Get breaking news, weather and traffic stories in your inbox 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.Send me alerts, event notifications and special deals or information from our carefully screened partners that may be of interest to me.Send me promotions, surveys and info from 680 NEWS and other Rogers brands.Daily updates for Weather, Traffic, News, and EntertainmentNotify me when there is a 680 NEWS Weather Guarantee Jackpot potential winner announcementWeekly updates on weekend events, tips, contests/offersBe the first to know! Such a change, though, would require an act of Parliament.Other measures aimed at making voting more accessible would include greater flexibility for returning officers to safely serve electors in long-term care facilities by increasing the number of voting days and accepting mail-in ballots sent before the deadline at least one day after the weekend polling period ends.Research conducted by Elections Canada as to which method Canadians prefer to cast their ballot in the context of a pandemic found 57 per cent would opt for in-person voting while almost 22 per cent indicated a preference for mail-in balloting.Elections Canada says it will not consider internet voting, saying that would require “significant planning and testing” which is not available in such a short period of time if a snap election were to be called.Changes and measures the agency is working to implement that don’t require Parliamentary approval include:“If an election were to take place before all the measures outlined above are fully implemented or in the absence of legislative changes, Elections Canada would focus on implementing physical distancing and other public health guidelines at polling places and local Elections Canada offices, including providing protective equipment for poll workers and office workers,” the agency says.The Chief Electoral Officer also hinted that if it becomes impracticable to administer the election in one or several electoral districts, they would recommend that the election writ be withdrawn – something that has never been done in the agency’s history.We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Enter your email address to get a new one.Sorry we could not verify that email address. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin Tune to @680NEWS for traffic and wea… It would also like to give more time for long-term-care residents to vote by allowing polling staff to craft specialized voting plans for each facility, and allow mail-in ballots to be accepted until the day after the two-day weekend voting period. Canada’s carbon tax is facing a renewed backlash amid talk of a green recovery to Covid-19 and the prospect of a snap election in the autumn.. “We’ve got to find a way to get this right.”Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. Retweeted @jilltaylor680: More information re Southwestern On tornadoes that occurred Thursday August 27 @680NEWS @680NEWSweather https:…333 Bloor Street East Toronto, Ontario M4W 1G9 © 2002-2020 Rogers Media. You may have created a profile with another Retweeted @jilltaylor680: @680NEWStraffic And now back to showers AND traffic!! The agency would also like to see changes to the Canada Elections Act that would allow a two-day voting period over a weekend, instead of having a single election day on a Monday. None had responded as of Thursday, he said, but he still hopes for collaboration between the government and the opposition — and to avoid a snap election this fall. Enter your email below and we'll send you another email.Rogers Media uses cookies for personalization, to customize its online advertisements, and for other purposes. But Elections Canada could still pull it off if the writ drops earlier, he said. The 2020 Green Party of Canada leadership election will take place on October 4, 2020 to elect a leader to replace Elizabeth May, who resigned on November 4, 2019 after leading the party for more than a decade and achieving a record three seats in Parliament in the 2019 federal election.Nine candidates are running to replace her. “It’s not going to be done overnight. Have an awesome day guys! For Daniel Blaikie, a New Democratic Party MP from Manitoba, this all makes the argument against holding an election in the coming weeks.In June, Blaikie wrote a letter to other parties calling for them to work together on election preparedness.