Mr. Chairman, I proposed a wide range of measures to prevent fraud. They will need to be studied in great depth.
In the riding of Trinity—Spadina, the number of people who registered to vote on voting day was slightly less than 10,000. That is a large number, but this is a riding that, alone, is affected by nearly all the factors of change. Among other things, it contains an immigrant population becoming Canadian, the largest student community in the country and new buildings along Lake Ontario. This situation indicates that a targeted future census and a fixed election date would greatly resolve this problem.
Now, I want to come back to the answer I gave earlier to Mr. Preston about the proof of identity provided at the polling station. I have not made a recommendation in this regard, but if I am addressing this issue here, it is because I am in favour of it. It is one thing if there is a real problem. However, if it is a problem of perception, perhaps the committee could designate certain identity papers, with the approval of Canadians. Such documents should not impose undue hardship on 90 to 95 per cent of individuals. For people not carrying ID, the process would have to be relatively simple. We could later verify whether those individuals made false statements, for example. In fact, we will require them to sign certain documents.
In short, although I have not made an official recommendation on this, I am in favour of this idea. I am open to proposals from the committee. I listened to what was said the last time I appeared here. I recognize the need to address the issue of perception, even though I do not foresee a major problem in this area. Perhaps Canadians will feel more comfortable with the idea that voters have to present ID when voting.