Maybe Jon is better geared to talk about the voter ID card.
In terms of the $34 million and is this the best use of money, I think we haven't even talked about electronic voting. That's such a huge issue. I think this is a far better first step than going down that road at this stage, because I think there are all kinds of problems that would have to be addressed with it. I think $34 million spent on this is probably better. I can't imagine how much it would cost to institute a secure, safe electronic voting system. In terms of this, I think it's probably a pretty good use of money.
In terms of the permanent voters list, I know Belgium has it. Earlier studies suggested that most Canadians voted in one of three elections. Jon may have more up-to-date data than that in terms of whether mandatory voting would solve some of that problem or not.