Procedure and House Affairs committee  I wish I could, but we haven't disaggregated the data against those registry records, which is something that we could do. But no, the system is not in place to do that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They would be ongoing by now. I don't know this new Chief Electoral Officer Perrault, but Kingsley was very good in reaching out and did so on an electoral basis. So we would expect we'd have those conversations with them. By the way, is that a war picture there in the background?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I just want to let everybody on the committee know how proud the Métis are that we finally settled for our Métis veterans.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Calls, we had a team of people calling. We have a list of our own electors, which we used to make sure they got out, and we helped out if there were transportation issues. In Manitoba we have 800 employees who work for the Manitoba Métis Federation, so we're able to assist with getting people to the polls, especially the elders.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's in the seventies.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's in the seventies, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. In some of those northern communities I'm familiar with, those people aren't moving anywhere. And they've been told not to move anywhere, so we were sending mixed messages. I think one of the best ways to deal with this, and just as Elections Canada has done in the past, is to use the governing member organizations to provide that communications channel to make sure they're comforted by that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Some of our people really take this thing seriously, so they would have to be convinced that everything was done that was possible to be done, or we would disenfranchise them, that's for sure. There's no doubt about that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, and I'm sincere about this: You guys should figure out a way to govern for a little while and let's see how this thing goes for a bit. That's what you should do.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's very similar. We have electoral districts. For example, Manitoba has seven electoral districts. We have the leaders run at the provincial level. The ballots for the president are counted in each of the seven regions. It's very similar. In British Columbia, which just held a province-wide election, they used more mail-in ballots this election.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have a couple of other internal issues that we're working our way through that make it difficult to convene an election. For the current leadership, if there's any risk to any citizen.... Remember that we're coming from four provinces, so that creates risk in itself. We're watching this thing very closely.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I remember voting last time here in Chelsea and those line-ups were pretty long. There are risks associated with voting in these conditions, and just like we're trying to find a way to govern, I think you guys need to find a way to govern. I think you need to hold the government to account.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's a very good question. I know Manitoba better because my family comes from Saint Lazare, Manitoba, and I've been working with the Manitoba Metis Federation and President Chartrand to address the pandemic issue. I'll say a few things. First, we live in crowded conditions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It all starts at the top. I do a lot of work for the Métis nationally, and also provincially. Quite frankly, and maybe it's partly our fault, too, we need to reach out to the leadership of the parties and to have that dialogue. We've had it with the Prime Minister, because we've had that permanent bilateral process, but especially in this type of election, it's important for the leaders to meet and discuss, and then go from there.