I want to thank the witnesses for coming. I know specifically Dr. Docherty got stuck in an airport when he tried to do this last time.
I have three parts to my question, and I'll put them out quickly.
We were told that it would be about a $34 million cost. I agree with Dr. Docherty that you can't put a price on democracy. Having said that, I guess one of the challenges from where I sit is, is this the best use of that money given that the intention is for greater voter participation?
Most of us around this table have looked at the mandatory voting in Australia and the mandatory voter registration in New Zealand. One of the issues I don't think has been discussed enough, and it's a related issue to another bill, is a voter ID card universally.
I was wondering if you could briefly comment on those, as briefly as you choose to, as other ways that we may be able to encourage voter participation. I agree with you about the permanent list; I think there has to be something done about it.