Mr. Gibbins, one of the things that came up earlier that actually surprised me was a discussion about the size of the districts. I had simply made the assumption that the district is simply the province. I was basing this on subclause 12.(1) of the bill, which says:
On issuing a proclamation referred to in section 57 of the Canada Elections Act for the holding of a general election, the Governor in Council may order the consultation of the electors of one or more provinces in relation to the appointment of senators to represent those provinces.
Maybe that's not all that clear. Would it be preferable, in your mind, if we actually went out and stated in an additional provision of the bill that the Senate districts shall be coterminous with provinces?