Thank you so much, Mr. Rogers.
Thank you for much, Mr. Peden.
Mr. Chair, what we just heard is extremely insightful, but it most importantly benefits our own work.
The New Zealand representative told us that they needed 11 years to make the required electoral reform: 18 months for the royal commission, four years of political debates, two years for the referendums and three years to prepare and inform the population. From 1985 to 1996, 11 years went into painstaking work, political debates and informing the public before an electoral reform was made.
Mr. Chair, I think that the current government should learn from New Zealand's experience before it makes any changes whatsoever.