Electoral Reform committee  We consider ourselves an innovation organization, because we haven't found the silver bullet to find all of these disengaged youth as yet. But we're constantly testing and trying and figuring out new ways to do our work. Right now we are working through other community organiza

Electoral Reform committee  We think about it often as a ladder of engagement. There are always different rungs on that ladder, so as much as possible you have different strategies for the level of engagement or disengagement that you're working with. Going through a lot of creative centres, often we find

Electoral Reform committee  We focus on 18- to 25-year-olds, or 18- to 30-year-olds, so we don't actually occupy the high school space. We let Civix do that. We partner with organizations like CASA, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, which works through different university groups, but our focus

Electoral Reform committee  We do. We don't discriminate against post-secondary, but they're not our priority.

Electoral Reform committee  Are you asking for consultations prior to the committee's recommendation?

Electoral Reform committee  Yes. The quote was Jean-Pierre's, actually, that participation is tied to legitimacy. That's what I've been kind of harping about the whole time I've been here. I think we do need to consult, and we need to go out to hard-to-reach groups of young people that we haven't spoken to.

Electoral Reform committee  Yes, the question for us isn't whether there should or shouldn't be a referendum on this. Our concern is, if there is a referendum, will a lot of young people show up and vote? Right now, people aren't even showing up for elections. If we're going to go down that route, for insta

Electoral Reform committee  I think we need all of it. I think if you guys walk into a university, the people who are going to start engaging with you are likely going to be more engaged young people—or not young people, but I do think it's important to go onto university campuses. There are a bunch of orga

Electoral Reform committee  Do you mean the fact that people vote against something rather than for something?

Electoral Reform committee  I think there are several factors. After every election, Elections Canada prepares a report on the obstacles that young people felt were most important. Education is one. A lot of young electors feel they do not have enough information to exercise their right to vote. Yes, there

Electoral Reform committee  There are organizations doing this work like us and some others. I think supporting us to actually be able to do this work is one way to do it. There are a few things I would mention about that. We are a youth-led organization and we mean that through and through. I'm 26 and I'm

Electoral Reform committee  We work with disengaged youth. That's really our audience. They are perhaps not being reached by their local representatives and they are not seeking that relationship either. That's a lot of what we hear, and again, part of why our work is needed is that we're going to the place

Electoral Reform committee  I would add that I think it's really important that we help young people build that bridge between government and their everyday lives. A lot of young people don't actually see how government affects them. We need to get better at doing this by talking about issues they care abou

Electoral Reform committee  I'm sorry. I didn't follow what the question was.

Electoral Reform committee  Exactly.