Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the minister for this enlightening meeting.
As the members of the committee know, I have been worried since we started our work. Over a four-year period in Quebec, I lived through an attempt at electoral reform that involved changing the voting the system. I am concerned by our operating methods.
I was looking at the votes today. The Privy Council will have $10.7 million over four years, with $8 million for this year. However, the committee has just $300,000 to consult all Canadians. It seems to me that there is an imbalance and that a parallel process is being set up.
You have submitted a guide today. What will this money be used for? Don't you feel a certain lack of legitimacy in the fact that the committee, regardless of the members' party, is in charge of consulting Canadians, but that you are getting so much money to do parallel work, even though we don't even know what this is about? Transparency is lacking here. At the same time, why aren't we getting as much money to do work that is a lot more extensive and important in the short timeframe you are giving us?