To begin with, I will state that I was aware, and I remember the problems with Edmonton Centre. I will also reassure people that the problems were in Edmonton Centre, and they did not manifest themselves to any extent, as was presented.
We were able to purify the lists through special measures that we took. We did this with the returning officer, and I understood that this was done to the satisfaction of the various candidates. But that may not be the case, in which case I would like to pursue it further. Please remember that if there are instances of multiple voting of which members are aware, a formal complaint must be filed with the commissioner of Elections Canada so that he may pursue the matter. We do not investigate on the basis of hearsay, honestly. We cannot do that. The law requires that there be a written complaint, and the same goes for any other infractions of the statute. If people request or attempt to do things that are against the statute, we need the information, and the commissioner will then have the grounds on which to consider launching an investigation and, possibly, a prosecution.
Regarding the matter of people being on the list at addresses that don't exist, or multiple families being listed at one address, what we found out--and this was more particularly a problem in Edmonton Centre--is that for purposes of the income tax system, some people register their addresses as their accountant's, so we were getting the accountant's address as a genuine address. We were able to purge the lists of these before the election. We've also instituted special measures in our computer programs, to detect this problem from now on, but this has been a problem that surfaced particularly during this campaign.
In terms of Canada Post, we pay first-class postage rates for the voter information cards. There is no voter card in this country. It's a voter information card. It's information that is provided. That card does not entitle one to vote. It certainly does not entitle one to vote multiple times. We do check the lists for duplicates, but I will also say--I will take only one more minute and I will have to come back for a number of the other answers--that we launched a special effort just before the last election, to review the whole functioning of the list. I think we've passed a milestone. Generally speaking, the list performed better at this election than it has for any other election. We've launched a special effort that will involve MPs because we need to see how we can improve it even further. I will remind members that we send the lists out every year to members of Parliament. I know Mr. Godin religiously checks the addresses. He checks the lists to see what is right, and whether there are errors on the lists. Because he brings these to our attention on a yearly basis, we are able to improve the lists for that particular riding. But only a small number of members of Parliament....