Thank you so much, Madame Chair. I also would like to take an opportunity to thank Madame Potts for being with us today. Thank you for your opening remarks, your clear answers and your straightforward responses to our many questions.
The committee members, like you, certainly want to do all that we can to alleviate the challenges that our first nations communities and many other vulnerable groups face when it comes to voting.
We've talked a lot about mail-in ballots. I come from New Brunswick, and I can tell you that mail-in ballots for the general population are not something we utilize freely here. We just don't think of them. However, if we do have an election during the pandemic, we certainly recognize that mail-in ballots will be a tool that we hope more people will use.
Assuming that Elections Canada can make mail-in ballots more accessible for first nations communities, how do you think we should communicate the use of mail-in ballots? What should be the communications strategy to make sure that first nations understand and appreciate that this could be a good tool for them to exercise their right to vote?