Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am really happy to be here today. This is the first time I will be asking questions at this committee. For information purposes, I was wondering how many times you have come to give evidence on Bill C-76.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay, thank you. Bill C-76 deals with campaign spending limits. It will affect the parties, as well as associations. I wonder if you could provide some more details on this, especially since this is a very hot topic in the bill.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Are you talking about political parties?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Who would be a third party? Can you give me an example?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —to influence people on one side or the other.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We were just talking about social media. That is where these people can be very active.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. With respect to the question my colleague, Mrs. Kusie, asked earlier, you spoke about Canadians who live outside the country. How many people are we talking about?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Would it be 1 million, 500,000, 200,000?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This includes everyone who works abroad, from the second they plan on returning to Canada.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's already done? I had another question.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  How much time do I have?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mrs. Kusie briefly talked about educating new voters. You also spoke about new Canadians, or new arrivals. How would your plan to explain how they can exercise their right to vote be different from your plan for people who are newly registered on the voters

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Have you observed whether new Canadians from certain countries were more reluctant to vote?