I think you'd agree with me that over the last number of decades, or certainly since the early 1970s, when for the first time a political party's name was put on the ballot and, for the first time ever, political party leaders had to sign off on nominations, it would be naive to suggest that the current process of nominating candidates across Canada in the major parties is free from top-down political control.
Would you agree that there's been a trend towards greater political control in the centre since we've put the names of parties on the ballots with the candidates' names?