I have a couple of comments.
First, the structure of the Canada Elections Act is in effect slightly different from the structure of the Quebec Election Act. There are explicit provisions for protection of personal privacy in the Quebec Election Act. The Canada Elections Act actually treats it in a slightly different way. I think the Canada Elections Act says that the information can't be used for a purpose other than what was intended. It doesn't actually address privacy issues per se. So the structure behind the two acts is very different.
A second issue that could come into play--perhaps I can ask my colleague from the Department of Justice to speak more on this--involves the charter issues with respect to personal information and privacy. To the extent that one is creating a diminution of the expectation of the right of privacy, it's important to have a link between the degree to which you're infringing on that and the objective for doing so. I guess it's our view that it's not clear that the objective can't be met in a more straightforward manner, as is currently provided by the bill, by having the information with the date of birth provided to the poll clerks as being sufficient to obtain the objective of guarding against fraud.
Ray, perhaps you could say a bit more on the charter issue.