Mr. Chairman, it must be kept in mind that in Quebec they don't have polling day registration, so the issue is not a timing one, as it is under the federal regime, where you have it.
The solution that is alluded to by the member of Parliament is one we could look at, because we can identify the places where the homeless are likely to vote. We can identify the homeless shelters. That is something we do now. That's why we sometimes authorize returning officers to hire special persons—community relations officers—to go out specifically with the idea that they reach out to the homeless. That is something that could be worked at.
In Quebec they have to do it before polling day. We could also be doing it before—we do it now before polling day—but we don't see the need to get them to do anything before polling day, because we rely on the fact that where they slept the last night before the polling day is the important date. But it's something we could be working on.
I will make one further comment, and that is to say—I forgot to mention this—that when we come to fixed election dates, I indicated when I appeared before you that the quality of the list will be significantly enhanced if we do targeted registration before, if we know it's going to happen. We could be doing it in the month leading up to the start of the election, and that would increase the quality of the list very significantly.