Thank you Mr. Chair. I know you'll give me the same speaking time as you gave my colleagues this evening. I have a long question and I want the witnesses to have the opportunity to respond.
We know that you're not in favour of a referendum. We've heard a great deal of testimony similar to yours, but we've also heard a great deal of other testimony indicating a referendum would be essential. There are also opinions in the grey area between the two positions.
Almost every witness told us that a consensus would give legitimacy to the process, legitimacy that could not be established otherwise. I know we still have work to do. However, I believe the only way to reach a consensus on the new system recommended to the government may be to propose a referendum to the citizens. It's simply the usual practice. We must not forget there are different partisan views.
If the only way to reach a consensus is to submit the question to citizens through a referendum, what should we do? And how should we recommend this to the government?