Thank you, Mr. Chair.
To begin with, I would like to thank our guests for appearing before the committee today. If I understood you correctly, you all seem to be of the same opinion and that is that having two additional polling days would have a major impact on churchgoers.
And yet, when the minister appeared before us and outlined his bill, he made particular mention of the fact that currently there are three provinces that have Sunday as a polling day. I can remember him referring to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Quebec does not use Sunday as a polling day, but Sunday is used for advanced polling which takes place the week prior to election.
So I would ask each of you the following question: if you have any experience of polling in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and perhaps Quebec, what is the impact of voting on Sundays?