I guess my question is along those lines, so you'll probably be able to sort through what you were thinking about.
What this committee is trying to do is provide Canadians with a system that has more benefits than flaws. You've kind of left us with a little bit of a cliffhanger, Professor Dewar, by saying that you weren't able to completely address the second part of your position.
One of the flaws with this system could be, as Professor Bickerton was saying, the undoing of undoing that occurs from government to government. Also, what we commonly hear from a lot of the open microphone sessions and people in our town halls is that their votes don't count, that the person they've been voting for their whole life never gets elected, or that they don't see themselves represented in the parties that are in power. That is probably the most common.
Then we also hear that coalition governments create better policies because of the collaborative atmosphere they create, which reduces the partisanship.
Could you comment on those things we're hearing, what your viewpoint is on that, and what the disadvantages or benefits from changing would be?