Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
There's been a lot of talk about voter turnout among Canadians living abroad, which is estimated to be about 0.9%, if I'm not mistaken. One might question the relevance of the process if the turnout rate was about 1%, but a really small portion of the ballots sent to those individuals were returned to you. However, even if that doesn't represent a very high number of ballots, I understand that about 57% of the ballots sent to those people are returned to you afterwards. In the best of all possible worlds, the fact remains that less than 2% of the diaspora seem to be voting in elections.
I'd like your opinion on that. They seem to be saying that it's a bad thing that the rate is so low. That's more or less what we've heard from our colleagues. Perhaps it's a matter of interest or attachment. I'd like to hear your thoughts on that. Is it always a bad thing that voter turnout isn't higher than that?