I'll start on this one.
Certainly historically, Elections Canada would set up the polling stations in our long-term care homes. If we look at the physical capacity of so many of our residents—and in Ontario, it's 79,000 residents—to be able to go outside to vote, it would take a lot of resources: staffing resources, family resources as well as personal protective equipment.
Also, what we have seen in our long-term care homes among our families, our residents and staff is a much diminished mental health capacity and resilience. There is tremendous fear in our homes in Ontario, fear and anxiety amongst our residents and their family members. We have certainly heard it from our family councils. So having some mechanism to vote within the home is ideal.
We heard from some of our members in Toronto where we had by-elections earlier this fall. There was a certain reticence of people to go outside, as they were wanting to contain all activities in the home.
However, again, having more people come into the home creates fear when you're in a hot spot. We know about the tension even with having family visitors. We know it comes in from the outside. We're open for visitors now. We have far more foot traffic, and the risks are far greater.