Thank you.
Mr. Commissioner, thanks for being here. I have a couple of questions for you today.
First, in regard to recommendation B27, which deals with section 331 of the Canada Elections Act, that prohibits anyone who doesn't reside in Canada or who is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident from inducing electors—this is actually taken right from it—“to vote or refrain from voting or vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate”. The recommendation states that you receive many complaints under this section, but indicates that overly broad wording leads to difficulty in the rule being enforced.
If many people are filing complaints, then there clearly must be some significant issues here, some real issues. I always think of the saying, where there's smoke there's fire. Can you give us an idea of how many complaints you typically receive, particularly with those last couple of elections?
Also, can you provide some suggestions on how to strengthen that section that will give you the ability to better ensure the integrity of our voting system?