Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our colleagues for appearing before us today.
It certainly is a unique situation: a province with 1,033,000 people and growing; 14 ridings; 75% of the presenters felt differently from what the commission ultimately came up with; and 13 out of the 14 MPs representing Saskatchewan are in agreement with the 75% of the presenters. It's not the first time, obviously, that this issue has come up, this urban-rural riding.
Minister, I'd like to start with you, because of your 16 years of involvement in the political process at the federal level. Is this something that's come up in the past? Was this discussed in the last redistribution process? Can you give us a little of your feedback on that?