Thank you for the question.
Your electors will be happy to hear that when they want to vote for you and not for your leader, they will be able to do so because there would be two votes to express. If they like the leader of the party, all the better, but if they do not like him, they can find another or vote for no one. By having two votes, they may choose one or the other. That is the first point.
The other point that makes the project acceptable is that it would not increase costs. If we do not increase costs, we will have to increase the size of ridings. In large cities, that is not too serious, but it will be more complicated in rural areas. In addition, we would establish lists. There would be two zones in Quebec, three in Ontario and one in the other provinces. The lists would be drawn up by province, and we would not have to effect constitutional reform, nor hold a referendum.
Since there are not enough members from Prince Edward Island, we would have to add a member from the list. In Quebec, there is the Montreal region. The system is flexible and you could find other solutions. In the Montreal region there would be additional candidates on the list. You would not be the only one to have to travel through your riding to encourage people to vote. You would do so, as would the people on the list. The same thing applies to the other regions. There would be lists based on our geography. The objective is also to help the electors who want to vote for members they know, who would either represent the riding or appear on a list.