Jonathan Wilkinson

Madame Normandin talked a little bit about Terrebonne and perhaps some of the barriers there. We have three by-elections going on right now. Obviously, top of mind in terms of issues that you may have to deal with, because of course you don't know when by-elections are being called, would be the renting of space and the recruiting of workers. Have there been issues with that? Are there any other [more]

I have one last question. I noted that there is a planned workforce reduction from about 1,502 people to 1,469 full-time equivalents going forward. Is this associated with the modernization from an IT perspective that you've talked about? How are you going to make sure that as you reduce staff, the services you are providing are as fulsome as they have been?

Thank you very much.

With respect to long-term care, many have voting stations in the care facilities. Is that something that is done for all? How do you choose which ones get a polling station and which ones do not?

Thank you very much. There are obviously some voters for whom there are accessibility concerns, whether they are indigenous electors living on reserve, residents of long-term care facilities, students at college or university or, of course, persons with disabilities. I'm assuming that for each election there is an assessment of what has been done and perhaps what more could be done to make these [more]

I just have a couple of questions, and then I may turn it over to my colleague. You said that it used to cost $1.7 million. It's now down to $1.1 million in terms of putting on the debate. Maybe you could break down for us what the big chunks of cost are in that. Obviously, it's a good thing that it's come down, but what are the big chunks of cost?

Okay, so why would professional and special services go from $2.5 million in 2024-25 to $750,000 in 2025-26?

Can you just walk us through the main chunks of work that are done in years between elections?

Thank you for coming today. I think a lot of this is actually pretty straightforward, and I assume the answer to this question just has to do with categorization. In the comparison of the main estimates, I noticed that in 2024-25, information was $190,000. Then it jumps to $2 million, and then it goes to $1.8 million. Professional services was at $2.5 million, and then it goes to $750,000 and [more]

I want to flip what Mr. Kram was talking to you about a bit on its head. We did have a period of time when we didn't have this organization. Now we've had it for a number of elections. If it wasn't in place, if we didn't have the LDC in place, what are the most important things we would lose?

Right. There's that, and then the questions I have are these: First, how do you determine that's sufficient, and second, how many people does it then grow to during an election year?