Thank you, Madam Laizner and Madam Bombardier, for being here today.
Obviously, the provisions contained in Bill C-23 were to address the situation commonly known as the Pierre Poutine scandal, in which some still unknown culprit apparently attempted to use voter suppression tactics by sending out phone messages to voters, primarily in Guelph, I suspect, but perhaps on a far wider range than that. Since we haven't had the ability yet, or at least the Elections Canada investigation has not produced any evidence as to who this culprit may be, provisions were put in Bill C-23 to try to prevent that sort of situation from occurring again.
We've had the former Chief Electoral officer, Jean-Pierre Kingsley, appear before the committee. When I asked him directly whether he thought the provisions put into Bill C-23 would prevent the situation from occurring again, he just simply said yes.
I would like to ask both of you a twofold question. Number one, in your opinion, do you believe the provisions in Bill C-23 would prevent the type of Pierre Poutine situation from occurring again? Two, and perhaps even more important, perhaps you could expand upon your thoughts as to the ability of the CRTC to administer and maintain such a registry, and whether or not you have the full level of confidence within your own organization that this could be accomplished. Perhaps, finally, you could add a bit of a timeline for us, since you mentioned this could not be done overnight.
Madam Laizner, perhaps I could start with you.