Mr. Chair, I would just like to remind the committee members that in his presentation the Chief Electoral Officer supported a pilot project. In fact, I think it was along the lines of what he was thinking. We are not creating a precedent. As Mr. Chénier just said, he has the power to present pilot projects so that things work smoothly and so that mistakes that could be corrected in legislation can be identified. I think he has the necessary latitude, as was just said, to present a pilot project in order to get statistics and really see whether this might increase voter turnout.
On December 6th, 2007. See this statement in context.