I'd be happy to.
This represents, as I think I said earlier, an important and growing element of how Canadians choose to exercise their franchise. There are a couple of elements that are proposed in the legislation for consideration.
The first is that for a fixed-date election, registration would be open during the pre-election period, to give more time for electors to register. The second is to offer an online registration option, which is particularly important for folks who may be overseas.
This is really intended to provide more flexibility to citizens. I may choose as a citizen to get a mail-in ballot, but I may, in the event, want to exercise my franchise the normal way by going to a polling station. You actually have the option to return your mail-in ballot in person at a polling station, again, to provide that flexibility.
We've already talked about permitting ballots with the name of the registered party. Part of that is because for mail-in ballots, it may not be known who the candidate is at the time when you want to fill in your ballot. That's part of why allowing the parties.... It's something that's done in most western provinces at the provincial level, by the way.
We're also making progress on allowing people to vote at any polling station, which isn't exactly mail-in balloting, but it allows greater flexibility in how you exercise your franchise.