Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank Mr. Sampson and Mr. Perrault for coming to see us and for all of the hard work they're doing on modernizing the Canada Elections Act.
I want to take us back to 2014 and the Fair Elections Act, which I'm sure you studied before you took your new post. It was widely criticized for restricting voting. Voting is essentially the fundamental right in a democracy. It had inflexible ID requirements, and there's certainly evidence that it made it more difficult for indigenous peoples, seniors, northern residents, rural residents and, particularly, youth to vote.
I wonder if you would offer the committee a few reflections on how far we've come in the intervening 10 years with some of the first amendments made by Minister Gould when she was democratic reform minister in the Liberal government, and where we are now.
Perhaps you could also make some closing comments on campus voting and what you anticipate in the way of increased youth participation in voting. Mr. Gerretsen and I are representatives of large campuses where this is really going to be appreciated and I think will help increase voter turnout.