I was hoping to get a question on that, because I welcome the opportunity to clarify some points there.
We were responding to very, very high levels of questions, confusion and misinformation about how federal elections work. The goal of our communications team was simply to put out the facts and not to make any comments on tabulation technology or any particular service provider.
I do want to add that there are some very good reasons for election management bodies to use various types of technology in support of election services, including, but not necessarily, tabulation. In Canada a number of provinces...and we have people here from New Brunswick and Ontario. A number of provinces, including those two, have been leading the way in this area, and frankly quite successfully. We are working with them and learning from them. At Elections Canada we have been exploring, and we will continue to explore the use of technology, not necessarily tabulation but the use of technology to improve electoral services.
I do believe that the future of elections will involve some technology and that this can be done in a safe and secure way. I find it unfortunate that the impression is given that technology is not secure or cannot be secure.