Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I obviously have several questions. I am going to ask them in the order in which they were presented.
My first question relates to custody of ballot boxes, which is dealt with in recommendation 1.7. You are recommending that the returning officer be authorized to recover ballot boxes left in the custody of a deputy returning officer, because the act currently states that custody is the responsibility of the deputy returning officer.
I think it's appropriate that you are making this recommendation because, as you know, some ridings extend over several kilometres. Sometimes, you may even have to travel hundreds of kilometres between polling stations. Are you able to handle that and recover the ballot boxes?