Our concern is actually how such a proposed consultation would take place in a province the size of Ontario with no spending limits. As you say, it's not really legally codified for Elections Canada. There would certainly need to be monitoring. What kind of technical support would you need on the ground to ensure that--perhaps one elected senator for the entire province of Ontario--the consultation process that was under way was being done in some kind of open and fair system, so at the end of the day, even if the Prime Minister didn't choose the elected person, we could at least say it was a fair process?
On April 9th, 2008. See this statement in context.