We get this question from people who are attenting events, who want to blitz their neighbourhood, or who have technology challenged friends and family.
The short answer is NO
...for many valid reasons...
Over 80% of all homes in Canada have at least 1 smartphone.
Signing your Convention of Consent from the privacy of your own home, online, is far more secure and ensures the privacy of your personal information and signature in a way that is impossible with paper forms.
Remember...this is not a petition you are signing. NONE of your personal information is released and is kept secure as per Canada's Privacy Act.
Given a choice between paper forms not being submitted, no control of who sees your personal information, it getting lost in the mail and a safe, secure online process that can be done in a few minutes...that keeps people's information private...we will always choose keeping personal information safe and secure.
With paper copies there are also the issues of...who is going to manually enter all the data into online forms?...how many errors will there be?...and each signature on paper would need to be manually scanned, creating a digital copy that is then manually enterer on the form! All this would take far more time, and add a level of human error no one needs or wants!
If fewer Canadian homes used smartphones, it would be different. However, everyone now has someone in their family or close friends who can help them should they not have a smartphone or computer of their own.
Note...every public library across Canada also has free internet access via computers.
We also strongly encourage those who are more tech savy to help their family and friends who are not...via our own smartphones, tablets and computers.
You can even do this at events you attend.
The person you are helping to sign just needs their own email address.
Also...remember we do have handouts you can print and use in the Calls To Action FAQ of this forum.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/472054/smartphone-user-penetration-in-canada/
J'ai signe le document de la convention en 2021 et j'espere que vous l'avez bien recu.
MERCI
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