I don't want to get into suggesting that a political party can't make whatever promises and frame those promises however it wants, and quite frankly, in a system of responsible government, if the government can pass constitutional legislation, good for it.
My concerns relate to the political legitimacy of those decisions, and I think had the government actually promised a specific electoral system, it would be on safer ground with regard to that political legitimacy question. I think the nature of the promises that 2015 would be the last first-past-the-post system, that we will consult and pursue reform, clouds the extent to which you can claim a direct mandate from the people. I do think there are other reasons that Canadians need to be consulted by a referendum. I just think the mandate, the nature of the promise, is what I think runs into some difficulty in terms of political legitimacy.