Thank you, Monsieur Therrien.
Colonel Joshi, I was here—I was actually sitting over where Mr. Blaikie is—during the Fair Elections Act as we were going through it. I remember at the time there was a lot of talk about how this was going to diminish the right of democracy, which is in our constitution, for members of the military, and particularly their spouses as well.
You brought forward one of those issues, which is, of course, the SOR. You said in your brief, “In the most recent federal general election, the participation rate of Canadian Forces electors was significantly lower than that of the general population.” Would I be right in saying that the SOR is the main reason why?