Thank you.
On that note, you just mentioned that our current system is probably the simplest one to understand. In a Broadbent report on the top five goals of a voting system, 55% said it was important that the ballot be simple and easy to understand. The issue of simplicity is one of our guiding principles. I thank you for that.
I'll now move on to Professor Cross.
You brought forward a wealth of information that we hadn't heard before. I really appreciate your participation this morning.
One thing you mentioned was that under an MMP system, there is a shift from ridings to a more regional focus. At the local level, you are a citizen, and you have specific issues that you want your member of Parliament to address. You want to make sure that your representative is focused on local issues—which is an issue in every campaign—but who actually represents you could be decided somewhere else.
Say you are in Longueuil–Charles-LeMoyne, my riding, and you think the most important thing is social housing. The party that you want in is going to focus on that, but because of the national vote, that gets changed. How would you feel, as a local citizen, when decisions regarding who is going to represent you can be made at a national rather than a local level? Can you elaborate, please?