I didn't know I was going to be involved in this particular debate today. The argument being made there was that MPs are representatives who are elected to make decisions on behalf of citizens. It's an indirect democracy. MPs should be making decisions on things like electoral reform and other important matters that change the electoral context in Canada, like party finance reform. They should be doing that rather than turning it over to a citizens' assembly or even a referendum.
The broader argument being made there is that there is an accountability issue here as well. If a party makes a promise in an election campaign, they should keep the promise and if they don't, they should be held accountable for that in a subsequent election. They shouldn't be allowed to say they figured they were going to do this but now they're going to give it to a citizens' assembly or they're going to turn it into a referendum.
That's the heart of the argument that I was making there. I was mostly talking about citizens' assemblies, but that would apply just as well to the idea of holding a referendum.