There are already in the act some provisions related to robocalls. I think the provisions in Bill C-76 that deal with foreign interference and unduly influencing Canadian elections will go some way to reducing opportunities for interference from abroad.
The act is always trying to catch up with new technologies. Robocalls were the new thing, potentially, in the 2011 election. It's still an issue, but I'm not sure that's where we should necessarily focus all our energy. I think potential voter suppression efforts, especially from foreign entities on social media platforms, are concerning. I go to a lot of events around the world on emerging electoral practices, and one of the big things that I keep hearing about is campaigning on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp is a direct messaging system that is famously end-to-end encrypted, so no government can see what is happening. That's one of the reasons why people like it, but it also means that it's very hard to regulate political advertising or campaign finance laws if people are using mass WhatsApp groups to distribute misinformation, say, or voter suppression, or incorrect information about a polling location.
I would suggest that Facebook, WhatsApp, and new platforms that are emerging are where we're going to see the problems that we have to address for 2019 and beyond.