Electoral Reform committee  Thank you. It was a treat, it was really fun, seriously, and maybe that'll apply to how I answer this. When I was a youth, I didn't feel special. I always caution about thinking that, “Oh, that's a young person. We need to wear a funky T-shirt”, or this sort of stuff. What could

Electoral Reform committee  Yes. Values are great. That will make the conversation simpler. Where it will become complicated and probably more substantial is when you start to attach those values to specific examples of electoral systems.

Electoral Reform committee  We developed a program that targets communities like reserves specifically, and it's partly because we continue to go after all schools. We also know that many urban schools—and I'll try to keep this short—such as in Winnipeg or Calgary may not be like an on-reserve school, but t

Electoral Reform committee  One of the best stories that, and it was near you.... You don't have Smith Falls in your district, do you?

Electoral Reform committee  I think there's an ESL school, or it's a school for those who are older and out of school and didn't go to high school, but can come back.

Electoral Reform committee  Yes, I think that's it. There was a pair of young indigenous women who went back to school. They practised Student Vote at that school, and then they voted for the first time in the real election—and maybe the first time in their family, albeit I shouldn't say that, because I don

Electoral Reform committee  In our experience, this is probably the data I can actually speak about. It's right here; I could pass it around. It's just not translated, so I think I should translate it before I submit it. You can see the chart. If young people are so easily soaking up these lies, then they'r

Electoral Reform committee  In our federal elections, kids cast more ballots from 2004 to 2011—

Electoral Reform committee  Yes.

Electoral Reform committee  It's for the same reason we don't make the kids vote online. It's because everyone thinks it would be easier, but it's not our process. We're trying to teach kids the current process. If you vote at an advance poll, which usually is what our Student Vote schools do—

Electoral Reform committee  Yes, and we emphasize as firmly as we can not to release the results, or we'll never get support from Elections Canada again. There are still a few schools that do, but it's not what happens in advance polls if you go to vote. We're trying to mimic the identical process, and I do

Electoral Reform committee  Yes, there are several programs like that across the country. Some of them are based provincially and are meant to bring in MLAs or MHAs. Usually those are run by the teachers' unions, from what we've seen in Alberta and Nova Scotia, and I think Newfoundland and Labrador. They're

Electoral Reform committee  Just quickly, I think there's evidence from the witnesses that would give some clues as to what they believe causes parties to be more endearing to all rather than a segment.... I think that what also came up is that parties can choose how they act toward each other and toward

Electoral Reform committee  If I could just jump in there quickly, I'm also not going to lose sight that I'm 38 now and I'm not a young person. We like to give young people the ability to speak for themselves. I'd love to be in a position to go out and ask for those values from young people, in all of ou

Electoral Reform committee  You want me to convince you why it's important that we teach this in schools?