Thank you.
I have served on some committees in the Senate for a number of months now, and we don't go through the chair, so I apologize.
To answer your question, sir, you were mentioning Quebec. We went through the negotiations in Charlottetown in 1992, and during those negotiations we reached an agreement on a triple-E Senate. All provinces agreed on equal representation in the Senate. All provinces agreed on having elections, except the Province of Quebec wanted to elect them from the members of their National Assembly. That's why we included this in the brief.We anticipated that's what Minister Pelletier would want, so we put it in there.
I have to say I have not met with Quebec yet, but there is going to be a convention at the end of July, and I hope we'll get to meet with Minister Pelletier at that time.