Mr. Chairman, I want to thank both of our witnesses for their presentations today.
Mr. Dutil, you said earlier that the human mind can only rank about seven candidates. I'm wondering if you could elaborate on which system you were speaking of. Without being too facetious, I would agree with my colleague that the first word that comes to mind here is “complex“. That's why I make that comment, only partly sarcastically. I wonder if you could help us understand how you came to that conclusion.
You also mentioned that economics helps narrow ideas to two parties. Is that correct?
You also said that a proportional system leads to an increase in the number of parties. Could you comment on that?