(b) A scheduled Assembly shall be held at least every two years at a time and place fixed by the Executive Council. Executive Council may provide that person referred to in Articles 7(d) and 7(f), though not present at the place of Assembly, may communicate with those present through the use of appropriate satellite, telephonic and computer technology and shall be deemed present at the place of Assembly. The calling of a scheduled Assembly will allow sufficient time (60 - sixty days) for Constituency Associations to submit Constitutional Amendments as per "Article 12. Constitutional Amendments". Policy Amendments would require the same time frame. An unscheduled Assembly also shall be held forthwith after written request for same to the Secretary by two thirds of all recognized Constituency Associations, where said Associations have held a General Meeting for the stated purpose of debating this matter and the request has been approved by a Majority Vote. "Forthwith" in 7(b) shall mean as soon as reasonably possible, but in any event not later than 120 days after the receipt by the Secretary of the minimum number of written Constituency Associations request as herein provided. At least 60 days written notice of the holding of any Assembly shall be sent to all members of the Party who have been members in good standing of the Party for at least 14 days before the date of such notice. In the event of interruption of postal service, the required written notice shall be sent by courier or telecopier to the President of each recognized Constituency Association. An unscheduled Assembly shall only deal with the subject and/or subjects which caused the Constituency Associations to call for the unscheduled Assembly.
(c) At the time of notifying the members of the Party as to an Assembly, the Executive Council shall appoint such sub-committees as are needed as follows:
(i) an Assembly Arrangements sub-committee whose duties are to organize the Assembly;
(ii) a Nominations sub-committee whose duties are to review all nominations for party office and to ensure that at least one candidate stands for each elective office;
(iii) a Resolutions sub-committee whose duties are to prepare a call for resolutions for Party Assemblies and review and comment on all resolutions submitted for consideration by the Party Assembly. The Resolutions sub-committee should ensure that all resolutions submitted to it are published and provided to all Constituency presidents and all delegates to the Assembly;
(iv) a Credentials sub-committee whose duties are to make final decisions as to accreditation of all delegates and other persons attending the Assembly; and
(v) such other sub-committees as are required to accomplish the purposes of a particular Assembly.
All members of each of the above sub-committees shall be members of the Party, and shall not be paid employees of the Party.
(d) The voting delegates entitled to attend and vote at each Assembly shall be members of the Party who were in good standing not less than 60 days prior to the date of the Assembly and shall consist of the following: (i) from each recognized Constituency Association one delegate for 40 members, one delegate for each additional 40 members or major fraction thereof up to a total of 240 members, and one delegate for each additional 100 members or major fraction thereof, provided that each Constituency Association shall be entitled to not less than 3 delegates; (ii) members of the Executive Council, and, (iii) sitting members of the House of Commons or Senate of Canada who are members of the Party.
(e) Each delegate to an Assembly shall have one vote only. All votes by delegates to an Assembly for the election of members of the Executive Council shall be by secret ballot by paper or by using appropriate telephonic and computer technology.
(f) Upon payment of the registration fee, any member or associate member of the Party in good standing, who is not otherwise a delegate entitled to vote, shall have the right to attend and speak at all meetings of an Assembly but shall not have voting rights.
(g) Resolutions at a Party Assembly, unless otherwise in this Constitution provided, shall require a majority of the votes cast to be carried (herein called a "Majority Vote"). A resolution establishing or amending Party policy or objectives to be carried must receive not only a majority of the votes cast but must also receive a majority vote of the delegates from a majority of the Provinces (with the Territories together counting as one Province) which qualify for maximum representation on the Executive Council of the Party in accordance with Article 5(b) (herein called a "Policy Majority Vote"). A resolution amending this Constitution, including the principles of the Party, to be carried must receive not only a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, but must also receive a majority vote of the delegates from a majority of the Provinces (with the Territories together counting as one Province) which qualify for maximum representation on the Executive Council of the Party in accordance with Article 5(b) (herein called a "Constitution Amending Majority Vote").