You mentioned legitimacy, in the sense of the lack of legitimacy if politicians are making these decisions from the top down. If that is being done, particularly in a context where the rules of our democratic institutions—such as this committee on how it should operate—are broken, if the opportunity for public input is denied.... We're sitting here debating this less than 24 hours after a decision was made in Parliament to send it to us. I can tell you that probably an overwhelming majority of Canadians do not even know that this committee is occurring and that there would be any opportunity to have their say.
When institutions are changed in that fashion, ignoring our democratic rules and ignoring our democratic institutions by politicians, top down, what does that do to the legitimacy of these symbols? How will that affect Canadians' attitudes towards them?