First of all, we're asking returning officers to engage riding associations, candidates, and parliamentarians in the various ridings to identify the needs there. Then we will get to the financial aspect of it. We will certainly consider the geography, the population, and already existing usage of advance polls in certain areas. There's quite a variance among ridings. We will also have to factor in the availability of sites, because that's another significant factor. All these factors combined will govern the decision to add a number of voting sites.
On May 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.