Thank you very much, it is very interesting.
I see another way of doing that: making people aware at a young age of their responsibility to vote. We have to get young people to understand that it is a civic responsibility. I have a friend who teaches political science in a CEGEP. She tells me that the young people who are enrolled in political science do not even know the difference between the provincial and federal levels of government, that have no idea at all who their provincial or federal members of Parliament are, and that they often confuse these individuals with municipal government representatives, such as mayors.
Now, it is all very well for us as members to try and increase public awareness... I have been a member of Parliament for 14 years. My friend told me that the students have trouble pronouncing my name. And yet, I often appear at many events and take part in a lot of activities. Education must, first and foremost, start at home. If parents are not interested in politics, never listen to the news, do not read newspaper articles and don't know what is happening in the Middle East, then obviously young people will not be motivated to turn out and vote and choose an elected representative who is going to be able to meet their needs. We have to educate our young people about the role that they will have to play in society. Based on the information that I have received, this is a big area of concern.
You also referred to technologically advanced polling, which is indeed a good way of encouraging our young people to vote. That is where matters now stand. We are behind because our young people today are born into technology. They operate solely by using computers and new technologies. The impression I get from them is that going to vote is not revolutionary. Maybe they consider it a waste of time. They do not see it as taking action. Now, if they were to take action via a website, things would probably be different.