Mr. Chair, the idea behind this particular section in the bill is to be more clear about what exactly the Chief Electoral Officer would communicate with. Obviously the goal here is to try to encourage better turnout and participation at the polls, based on communicating the how, the where, and the when. That's based on some of the research that was done by Elections Canada particularly looking at young voters.
I mentioned this a number of times during the hearings we had. Young people indicated that some of the concerns they had were about knowing where to vote, when to vote, how to vote. Obviously by adding another thing, it waters down the work that would be expected there that we think would be better to help increase the turnout. To add something to the list would water that down, and I think that would be a concern.
That's why I would be opposed to this, Mr. Chair.