Thank you very much.
Again, thank you for the remark about my country of origin.
This is a very critical question in terms of who will be continuing to educate new Canadians and all other Canadians to be actively involved and meaningfully participate in the electoral process. From my reading, until now the Chief Electoral Officer and Elections Canada have been doing quite a significant amount of educational processes and educational work, to the extent that I have seen a budget of about $1.6 million for educational work in the year 2012-13. They have been making educational materials in different languages. They have been partnering with community organizations that have been working along these lines, and doing a lot of promotion and advertising in various media to educate the community. These are all critical things to really create meaningful participation for newcomers.
Again, from my learning about Elections Canada, the parents in the school play a significant and meaningful role in terms of supporting their young voters, young children, in the voting and the democratic process. Based on the data, about 46% of youth are getting this education in the schools, and also the parents. This has been part of the process through Elections Canada and the authority that is given to the Chief Electoral Officer.