Good afternoon, madam. Good afternoon, gentlemen.
If I have enough time I will ask each speaker a question, starting with Ms. Smoke.
In the north of my constituency of Joliette lies the Atikamekw community of Manawan, the Atikamekw First Nation. I am particularly concerned with First Nation issues.
In your comments, you mentioned obstacles to voting in Aboriginal communities: language, travel, identification. Then, in your discussion with Mr. Cullen, you said that the vote doesn't count anyway.
How would you suggest we fix that? Is it about language services, the ability of First Nations people to get to the polling stations, or relaxing the criteria for identification? Then, if there were a proportional voting system, could one or more seats per province be set aside for Aboriginal communities?