In response to Madam Redman's first question, Mr. Chair, I would like to point out that there is already a pilot project in the Canada Elections Act with respect to electronic means of voting. It is at section 18.1. The Chief Electoral Officer can try out such a pilot project at a byelection. In this case I believe a lot of system changes may be required in order for the vote to be held on the Sunday before polling day. A lot of changes would need to be made, and I'm not sure whether a pilot project warrants making all the changes.
Just before the committee votes on this motion, I'd like to point out one little technical error. The motion refers to élection complémentaire, a supplementary election, which is a term we use in the Quebec legislation, but in the federal elections act the defined term is “by-election”, élection partielle.