Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I was going to make a couple of observations. I think this is obviously a fairly significant departure from what has gone before and it sounds like Mr. Kingsley has a few years left in the role. I would tell you that I think the nature of elections has really shifted. I know somebody else was talking about maybe having them every two years. Over a course of 15 years, if we went every 4 or 5 years, you'd have a lot fewer elections. This is a mammoth task, and my sense is that the rhythm of how we come upon elections in Canada may well have changed and we may not revert back to, notwithstanding what the government would like to see, every four years. The Governor General could still call an election on the advice of the Prime Minister, so I don't think that brings any more assuredness to the process.
This is a huge departure, and I think Mr. Proulx has brought up a very good point. These are excellent people who require top-notch skill sets to do this. I know that my DROs have done international travel, and it's not just what they do domestically; it's what they do internationally.
So I almost think that it's an interesting concept, but I wouldn't want to jump to this in a void and just decide that we're going to pick 10 or 12 years because it might look like the right thing to do. I think I'd rather have a more informed debate at another time about this.