Being from Saskatchewan, you will know that while my office's mandate is really focused on barriers to voting and on how we can lower those barriers for everyone, I have also done a fair amount of writing on this topic, in op-eds and elsewhere, to voice my concern about that diminished turnout rate. My answer is that while I'm focused on barriers, I also want to work together with other stakeholders, including political parties, civil society, academics and thought leaders to increase voter turnout.
I as well remember those days. There were higher turnout rates in Saskatchewan. That rate has been consistently dropping. However, for the last two elections, we've been over the 50% mark, so I think we might have slowed it down, but we need to work together, and not just the election management body. It's not its role to get the turnout rate up; it's to work together in order to move forward. That's how I've been approaching it here in Saskatchewan, and my hope, moving forward, is that we will be able to increase that turnout rate.