Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here with their presentations.
Mr. Montigny, I was most interested in some of your quotes, which I took some notes on. They were to the effect that there was a reason for keeping first past the post, and one was the link to members. That would be a portion of what we would continue to do under a changed system anyway.
My colleagues have asked questions about the size of boundaries, how many would be in each, and whether it's an open or closed list. I find all that extremely valuable to this discussion. As well, I think it is important to consider the voting system as only one part of this change.
Of course, I look forward to reading your report, Mr. Colas, as well. I think that would be most interesting. I haven't had a chance yet. Maybe you could expand a little on the making of the lists that you mentioned.
One comment was that the proof will be in the pudding for what comes out of this group, and we certainly need to have the input that you've given for those topics. We know that a referendum is perhaps not legally required, but I think you made the point that consensus is required for legitimacy.
I wonder if you could expand on those points. Could each of you make a few comments?