Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
First of all, thank you very much, Mr. Mayrand and your team, for coming out here. It's always a pleasure to have you before our committee.
I occupied myself during your presentation by attempting to simultaneously listen to you and read the report of Professor Blais and two other co-authors, one whose name I can't pronounce. I have a number of questions that arose out of what they were discussing and that overlap to some degree with your comments.
The thing I was looking for in the study--and I don't see a specific number--was their projection as to the actual percentage increase in voter turnout, what they anticipate. They say it would very likely happen, but it would be modest. I'm not sure if there is an actual number they give.
And secondly, I was hoping to find--and I don't think I saw in here--any information as to where you'd be likely to see greater or lesser degrees of impact on voter turnout.
I'll ask you if there is any further information you have or light you could shed on those two subjects, and then I want to come back after that with some further discussion.