It's quite a unique reality. I think most Canadians don't have the opportunity to appreciate just how many differences there are between electoral districts. In terms of geography alone, we're talking about approximately two million square kilometres.
To put things in perspective, I would point out that, in the territories—and I'm not including water here—the area is about the same as western Europe. There are 25 communities. I'm unsure of the exact number, but I believe that Elections Nunavut has 25 or 23 returning officers in the communities. We have only one. Obviously, that requires it to maintain ties with the community.
The fact remains that these are quite extraordinary challenges in terms of logistics and fast deployment, especially when it comes to printing ballots on time for advance polls. Printing is not done in Nunavut because of the specific requirements for ballots under federal legislation. So they have to be dealt with on the night nominations close. Nunavut is the priority. We need to finish the review that evening to make sure that printing and distribution can be done in time for the advance polls.