I was going to make many of the same comments as Mr. Reid made.
I've heard the reference from the other side that we've heard witnesses saying the contrary of what we're saying here. I sat here and didn't hear the same thing, apparently. I heard the same thing; I heard the United Church clearly say they thought the Sunday was a great day, that they wanted to move the time around, and that the use of their churches was a perfectly good thing. So I maybe heard the same thing as Mr. Reid, and the others heard something different.
I heard many of other witnesses tell us that the specificity of having a polling station on the Sunday at the place where a polling station would be would, in rural communities, increase voter turnout. We had some of the academics come here and tell us.... We can argue about how much they said it would improve it, but that's the point of this bill: to improve voter turnout. We've had people come here and tell us it would do that.
Yes, we've heard from some faith-based groups who said they wouldn't vote on the Sunday, but we've left them the option not to.
I agree with what Mr. Reid has said, and I'll leave it at that.