Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the minister for joining us today.
I just want to bring up one thing.
Minister, the next municipal elections in Quebec are scheduled for Sunday, November 2, 2025.
My colleague, Ms. Gill, quoted from the letter received from the Union des municipalités du Québec. I'll read you an excerpt from that letter: “We propose to set this date for December 1, 2025. This would considerably reduce the period of overlap to 8‑22 days, depending on when the federal election is called.”
Even the Union des municipalités du Québec has called for the municipal elections to be moved to December 1, so later than planned.
What I wanted to talk about, Mr. Minister, is that—