This will build from my comments during my opening statement, because I did see that as a particular challenge in providing safe and accessible opportunities to at-risk voters and unique communities.
Many of our first nations communities, as an example, were isolating and continue to isolate, so trying to make contact with them to establish the best way to provide voting and to have a range of accessible options that could meet their needs was essential to be able to provide voting.
It was certainly a challenge, additionally because of the nature of the election in British Columbia. It was a snap election. It was not held on a fixed date, and as a result, it was challenging to get the attention of people in some communities in relation to election plans when it wasn't necessarily the first thing on their horizon. We put a lot of effort into how we were going to administer voting for remote communities.
We were also thinking about situations such as deployed military personnel. There was a warship—I believe it was HMCS Winnipeg—that was at sea when the election was called and was not going to be coming into port before voting day. We were able to use operator-assisted telephone voting, which is in place under the special voting rules in British Columbia, to provide an opportunity for the deployed sailors to cast their ballots.
In summary, it takes a lot of communication and planning, and you need to have a flexible tool kit to be able to meet the unique circumstances of communities and be able to adapt if their situation should change.