Thank you for your question.
I find the response disappointing. It seems to me, again, that it is an attempt to make voting more difficult for newly enfranchised expatriate Canadians. That is my reading of what this bill is about. The previous system, as I understood it, and based on the testimony we heard during the court hearings, seemed adequate to accommodate these new voters. I wonder what has changed and why the need for it.
Is it an appropriate response? It seems to be a strategic response, but I'll leave it for others to decipher what the strategy is and what the end game is here.