My name is very long. I'm sorry about that, everyone.
I believe there is a relatively easy fix. Dr. Turnbull mentioned that there are certain time constraints in place at the moment. For example, if there was a way—as is the case for U.S. citizens who vote from abroad—to print out a ballot and send it, that would significantly reduce the amount of time it would need to spend going through the postal service, both there and back.
Do I think there is an appetite from Canadians living abroad to pay an additional cost to cast their ballot? I would say it really depends on the individual. I cannot imagine that a lot of people would be willing to pay $120 to cast a ballot. I am a political science professor, so I feel like I'm a very special case. I think it's very important for me to cast a ballot.
I want to very quickly mention the issue that, because we have a first-past-the-post system, it is pretty easy to determine how some ridings will go. I, myself, happen to be voting in a riding that is pretty much decided, so there is a question of whether my vote even matters. If I know how the riding is going to go, perhaps I didn't have to spend $120, but it was my personal choice to do so.
In the case of other Canadians who are seeing this—they see the polling and know that their riding is going to go one way or the other—they might not feel the need to even cast a ballot. It might be prohibitive for them when they know they might have to pay additional costs to get it in on time.