Thank you, Madam Chair.
I really don't want to belabour this point, but Mr. Turnbull is talking about the most extreme situations. In those cases where we're talking about the most extreme situations, the poll should be cancelled. That shouldn't happen.
We know that, on average, Elections Canada workers are a little older. If we're willing to put the DROs and the poll clerks into harm's way, into risk, that really calls into question where we're going altogether.
From the very fundamental standpoint of wanting an open and transparent electoral process, we need to be able to have scrutineers or candidates access polling locations to ensure that our electoral system continues to be the most accountable in the world and the gold standard that we've set for ourselves.
If we're saying that it's not safe to have scrutineers but at the same time the poll itself continues to operate in that fashion, it strikes me as slightly strange.
I'm going to leave it there, but I think this amendment makes it very clear that we feel there should be open, transparent, clear elections during which scrutineers have the opportunity to oversee the process.
Thank you, Madam Chair.