We have to look at the various options, because there is the matter of municipal elections, but also because the weekend that precedes the third Monday in October is Thanksgiving weekend, which occurs every year. That could pose a problem in terms of voter turnout. Also, in Quebec, there are quite a lot of school holidays in both the universities and CEGEPs around that time of the year, which affects people who are eligible to vote.
The date that we could suggest, and which does not conflict with provincial civic or other holidays, would be the first Monday in May. There is one time between now and the year 2020 that the previous weekend will be Easter weekend, and that is in the year 2011. That would be the only time that advance polls would take place during a holiday period. Otherwise, there is the matter of the date, but we could also raise quite a number of other things that are affected if the third Monday in October is selected.
The first Monday in May would not conflict with anything. Furthermore, students are still in educational institutions. We always talk about encouraging young people to vote, but in that case, they would still be in their institutions, in the place where they are probably on the voters list.