We would love to use all the schools. That would be fantastic. My provincial counterparts in most provinces have a statutory right of access to schools. In Ontario, they don't even pay for the schools. That's not what I'm asking for, but they have that right. I don't, with education being a provincial jurisdiction.
We have seen a decline in the percentage of sites that are schools over the years. It went even lower during the pandemic and has gone back up. We're now at 22%, but it was significantly higher in the past. Schools are very convenient proximity places for electors. Unfortunately, parents are increasingly concerned about security or increasingly concerned about their children's activities that are planned at the school on the weekend. That puts principals in a difficult situation, and in some cases, they simply do not wish to have polls at the schools.
