Thank you.
Excellency, you mentioned that anyone can register in the year prior to the election, as long as it's done by the end of that year. The proposal before us is that expats can only apply after the writ has been dropped, after the election has been called. Our concern on the opposition benches is based on expert testimony from Elections Canada. There's a real question as to whether or not those registrations can be processed adequately, given all the checks and balances that have to happen in time to allow an individual to vote. That's one of our concerns.
Given that you have something that makes a lot more sense, can you give us a sense of how it would work in your system if people couldn't apply to register until the election began, rather than your current system where they have to register by the end of the previous year?
I realize it's speculation, but if you could, Excellency.