Mr. Speaker, there is just one week to go before voting begins on referendum '94.
I am pleased to advise the House that secret PIN numbers have now been distributed to all registered voters and more than 700 high school students in the riding of North Vancouver, to all MPs and also to yourself, Mr. Speaker. I believe this will be the first secret vote by MPs on any issue other than the election of the Speaker of this House.
When we vote between June 15 and 20 we will be making history as we test a Canadian developed technology that could revolutionize democracy as we know it. I would like to thank
MT&T Technologies Inc. of Halifax for pioneering this system of electronic voting.
I hope that all members will take part in this experiment in direct democracy.