Thank you for your question.
The reliance on telephone voting comes from a 1998 report from Elections Canada that KPMG authored, saying that was the most secure and accessible means of voting. That's the reliance.
A colleague brought up the efficacy of voting online, and there are obvious concerns with security when we look to wholescale online voting. Telephone voting for disabled Canadians is not quite the same wholescale change to the current format.
In terms of the current means for voting for Mr. Steacy, for example, through the special voting procedures, he is able to use a Braille template or have a third party cast his vote for him. Mr. Steacy has relied on a glucose meter and has lost sensation in the tips of his fingers. Unfortunately, he's not able to use Braille. Obviously, there are accessibility issues in relying on Braille. If he were able to use Braille, he could not independently confirm that his vote was cast or not spoiled, for example. Relying on a third party, he wholly loses the ability to confirm the accuracy of his ballot.
While there are certainly things to explore in telephone voting—