Thank you.
It's good to see you again, Mr. Kingsley, and Ms. Davidson. Certainly your reputation is known around the world for the good work that you and Elections Canada have done.
I would refer to the voter turnout in the last election in Haiti, which was approximately 30%. I believe that indicates there is a misunderstanding by the public on the role of their parliamentarians and the system.
We had another witness here that spoke of Ukraine, where CIDA has been providing money for education at the university level. The question would be why that is at the university level when we know they've had their independence for 15 years. Surely, 15 years ago they would not have been teaching democracy, even in the elementary schools. Why would it be going there?
So my question really is on how much importance you put on education of the citizenry and what has been done in that direction. Have you or the electoral commission from the various countries such as Haiti done anything to bring that along? I think that even if it was started today, this would be a generational, maybe a 20-year process, to have a population that has a literacy level of 60% to 70%. I would think it would be one of the highest priorities to get on with that education process. Have you recommended this to them, or have they initiated anything like that?