Thank you, minister.
On that note, I just wanted to say, as said by Madam Barron, my colleague across the way, that the NDP will be bringing forward an amendment to this when we get to clause-by-clause. As I said in the last meeting, should that amendment be brought forward to keep the date of October 20, I'd be prepared to support that.
With that, this bill is 48 pages long. We've been focusing a lot on the date, but there are so many more important things. As you said yourself, it's called the elections “participation” act. I want to talk a little bit about the measures in this bill that talk about increasing voter participation.
One part you talked about a little bit is one that I would like to get more feedback on from you. That's with regard to legislating campus voting. I know that we were not able to do that in the last election because of COVID. Could you elaborate on the importance of helping students who may be at universities outside their home province and their home riding to have the ability to participate in that? We've heard previously that when voters start voting at a young age, they're more likely to continue to vote.