Excellent idea, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Kingsley, the committee has addressed the issue of the voters' list and the potential for fraud. We consider these priorities. Furthermore, I believe that they are connected. In fact, if the list is incomplete, it has no value, and this increases the potential for fraud.
To this end, the example often used is the riding of Trinity—Spadina, where 12,000 voters registered on the day of the election. Furthermore, Mr. Proulx told me that, in his riding, 50,000 people had voted. In mine, approximately 45,000 people voted. However, it is almost impossible to believe that one-third of people who voted were not on the list. Among other things, this means that the candidates were not able to contact them. Mr. Preston said earlier many of these people arrived with a magazine bearing a sticker with their address on it as their only proof of identity. You must be concerned about this.
I want to know whether the provinces generate their lists from yours or is it the other way around. Do you cooperate? The provincial lists must be fairly complete. The voting requirements are essentially the same. Is the wheel being reinvented each time or is there cooperation with the provinces?
Finally, the provinces have to renew their list every two or three years. Do you continue to follow what they are doing, in order to improve the federal list?