Thank you very much for this opportunity to further extend what I wish to share. I appreciate this question.
I didn't get a chance to finish some points about what we view as solutions. Fixing the technical problems, fixing inefficient voting methods, might get us to voting rates comparable to the Americans, let's say, who are outvoting us eight to one. But even those results are still in the single digits, so I'm not totally convinced that this is simply a technical issue. I think it has to do more with the structural issue.
As we see in the European nations I referenced, the voting turnout is up to 35 times what ours is. I believe that's due to the representation they experience in their respective parliaments. Fixing a lack of representation and giving us members of Parliament to represent us directly modernizes our democracy and can add untapped strength—financial strength, geopolitical strength—to our nation building.
The first two problems, technical and structural, I think can be relatively easily overcome. It's the political barriers, which, as I quickly referenced earlier, I hope our dialogue right now can help us to begin to overcome. It's just a matter of will. We have seen that. The data supports this. There is a need for change. I think Canada will only be better for this. Our country will be better for it if we care.
You know, a precedent has been set. It's not that we have to reinvent the wheel here. More than a dozen countries from around the world already do this. I've just cited three. There is a precedent.