With respect to the vouching as linked, I'm not sure of the nature of the areas you're referring to. I simply know that on first nation communities, similar with the vouching as it is with the voter information cards, that they are useful tools. They're useful tools given the housing situation, given the socio-economic status, given the lack of ID, the primary ID being a status card, which does not have the home address on it. They're useful tools to ensure that those who want to vote can vote. It's not clear to me why we shouldn't do both.
Why we shouldn't do what you're talking about to address the broader kinds of socio-economic issues and encourage people to vote so the social exclusion doesn't grow, and not put up new barriers, which potentially in the first nation context—I can't speak to the rest of them that you're describing—that they can continue as well....