I was going to ask whether we could get our researchers to take a look at the questions that I think are germane here.
Obviously this bill is attempting to expand voting locations and the number of days on which voting can take place. I suppose the location considerations are not novel in that voting is anticipated to take place at the existing advance poll locations, and then on the final advance poll day they will take place at all locations where polls are typically held.
I'm thinking of other jurisdictions and would like to mention some that I think we should be looking at. A number of countries in Europe have adopted the practice of having their votes on weekend days, or more specifically on Sundays. Their experience would be germane, particularly if we can find jurisdictions that have had a vote on a Sunday versus a week day, such as the Mondays we typically have in Canada. I don't know all the countries that would be relevant in this case, but I know a number of European countries do this. I'm told that it's one of the reasons European voter turnouts tend to be higher than those in the United States, for example, where they're notoriously low.
We could certainly get very quick information, which might turn out to be relevant, from our friends at the Australian Electoral Commission. We relied on them in a previous incarnation of this committee, when a group of MPs from this committee went to Australia during the last Parliament. We met with some officials by teleconference here, as well. The Australian Electoral Commission not only does the federal elections in Australia, but also administers--
