Mr. Chair, let me start by saying that I think this will be a necessary thing to do. Several of us spoke about the importance of the VIC, the voter information card, and how people use that. Yesterday I compared it to an airplane boarding pass. It's their ticket to democracy. To some people that may seem absurd, but quite frankly, to a lot of people, and I mean a lot of seniors right now, this is their ticket. They feature it prominently in their homes in the writ period to make sure it is there for when they go to vote, and they do it so proudly.
But see, this is the good part about clause-by-clause. You can have a discussion, and in the midst of that discussion you can change the way you're thinking, or bend to other people's logic. Yesterday I said I thought this should be in legislation, but then I thought, well, you know, maybe this is overly prescriptive for Elections Canada. I would just like to see them do that as a good practice, so maybe it shouldn't be in legislation.
But given what I just heard from Mr. Scott, I think he's right. This is very important to do. It may seem overly prescriptive, but I think it's a necessary move that we can make. We did talk about the shackles being put on the CEO. If we can at least take a portion of those shackles off by putting something in legislation that will inform voters that they can't use that card anymore, that will save them a lot of time and effort. It may even save their vote.
Thank you.