Procedure and House Affairs committee  Obviously, if a young person—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Is the question for me? The member didn't indicate if the question was for me.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You want to know if the Institut du Nouveau Monde would like to contact Elections Canada to recommend that it increase the number of pieces of ID? Is that correct?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I said earlier, Institut du Nouveau Monde makes recommendations about civic and public education and tries to get young people and the general public interested in voting. Institut du Nouveau Monde does not deal with technical issues associated with identification. I did not t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the recommendation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I'm going to answer it the exact way I did last time you asked the question, but maybe by answering it in English it might be clearer. There are two reasons why youth don't go out to vote. One is logistical, and you've laid out the reasons and some of

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I agree with you. As I said in my speech, all the measures are good for bringing out the youth vote. As you know, when voter turnout is low, the entire process becomes invalid. Voter turnout will continue to decrease, based on current trends. That's why it's very important to tal

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Unfortunately, I cannot answer your question, as it is on technical aspects that are not part of our area of expertise. I would be happy to look up that information and provide it to you at a later date.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sorry, I can't hear you very well.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I think there are a number of questions in what you just said. First, I am in favour of having every effort made to ensure that young people know where and how to vote. If there are new, more effective strategies to be implemented, then I believe they should be. That

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry. I can't hear you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. Hello everyone. As the chair of the committee mentioned, my name is Miriam Fahmy and I am the Director of Research at the Institut du Nouveau Monde, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that is based in Montreal. Its mission is to increase and support citizen part