Then I commend you for already, at least as a preliminary, looking at what the differences may be. Let's try to make sure we move ahead. That's certainly going to save you a lot of time after the fact.
You do recommend that the consultation be held during a federal election. It would certainly be a lot easier, because it's a broad-based situation that you already control, and voting stations and that type of thing certainly could be shared for all of the above.