I fully agree with Dr. Turnbull's statement there. I think that for Canadians living abroad, one of the bigger issues among the three you've listed is the lack of information, and, frankly, even the idea of not being able to vote. Those are, I genuinely believe, relatively easy fixes.
Of course, every citizen is responsible for knowing information about the election. There is only so much, at one point, that the parties and the government can do. Ultimately, it is a citizen's responsibility. However, the access to information, I think, is something we can easily address. I believe that a website dedicated to the Canadian diaspora, which could link to information about elections, would simply streamline that information access.
Of course, you may argue that there is the Elections Canada website. That is absolutely true, and their website is great. However, I think the problem is that if you are a Canadian living abroad, you have to access so many different websites. There is nothing that is centralized, and I have actually heard from some people asking about provincial elections. Obviously, there are completely different rules for provincial and federal elections, but people might not know that.
It's up to individuals to research all of this. I can tell you that I was almost shocked. I do research for a living, and I spent a significant amount of time just poring through websites trying to figure out what the rules were.
Therefore, I think centralizing that information is a relatively easy step for the government to do and that it actually might have serious implications for information sharing for anybody abroad, and that added benefit—
