In any piece of electoral legislation, there will be aspects that Elections Canada supports and others that we feel less comfortable with. Our role is to support the work of parliamentarians in examining those pieces of legislation, and that's what I'm here to do today.
Back then there were points of concern. Some of these points were addressed later on in the Elections Modernization Act of 2018. There were things done in the Fair Elections Act like the provisions for guidelines and interpretation notes that were considerable improvements over the regime. There is not always a perfect piece of legislation.
I think that over time one of the virtues of the Canadian system is that we regularly revisit the act and draw lessons and improve upon it. This is another example of that.
Right now, whether the legislation passes or not, we will have campus voting in the next election. We are currently working with 119 campuses of post-secondary institutions. That is the same number we had the last time in 2019. It's largely the same, but with some minor changes; the number 119 is significant. In the last election in 2019, the uptake was not that high. There were 70,000 young voters who chose to use that system.
Nonetheless, it's an important first experience for voters. We know that voters who vote when they're young will vote for the rest of their lives. We certainly heard the disappointment of not having campus kiosks at the last election. I'm very happy to be bringing that back. As I said, this will happen whether or not it is reflected in the legislation.