Mon collègue a raison de dire que, dans certaines circonscriptions du pays, on s'est plaint que les directeurs de scrutin donnaient parfois l'impression de défendre les intérêts d'un parti en particulier, c'est-à-dire le parti qui les avait nommés, plutôt que de veiller à ce que les élections soient libres et justes.
My colleague is right in that there has been some real concern in certain ridings of the country that the returning officers were not there to make sure that there were fair and free elections, but were perhaps perceived in some cases as working for the interests of a particular party, the party that appointed them.
