When you were here last, I expressed concerns about university students, the abysmal numbers around young people voting in this country, and what we can do to help address that. Perhaps I could get some comments from you as to where you're going with some ideas, some initiatives on this.
I know the focus has been on trying to bring the importance of voting to the young people, and there have been some initiatives in that area. My sense is that we have to go beyond that. I raised this the last time around. For example, reading your brief, it seemed the University of Lethbridge, when they announced that people were going to be able to vote at the university no matter where they lived, thought that would be a great exercise. I see the complications around that, but at St-FX last year, which is in Antigonish, the advanced poll was in Stellarton--45 minutes to an hour away--and not a lot of university students have transportation. So the only time they could really access an advance poll was if they were home during a break weekend. When a lot of kids go to school, that's it, they're gone for the year.
What I'm looking at is an answer that will not only motivate the young people to vote, but also bring the mechanism where it's advertised that we're going to be on campus: advertise the week before and let them know we're going to be there for a week, so make sure you get your vote in the box. I'm only thinking about what we can do to engage those people.