That's a good question, Mr. Lukiwski.
Again, I made the point that your report was an impressive one. It was wide-ranging, and it covered a lot of areas that needed to be covered in our electoral system. We applauded it when this particular bill came forward.
Every committee is the master of its own agenda. You of course hear, and it's quite proper that you would hear, from people who have something to say, just as I'm sure you heard from people when you were putting together the committee. You would have had quite a bit of input, I'm sure, from various sources. So of course you will want to hear from individuals.
That said, I threw out the challenge that this seems to me to be a faithful reproduction of the recommendations that came from your committee. This isn't something the government dreamed up on its own. To that extent, it seems to me that it should get a favourable response, I'm guessing, from this committee. Again, that said, time and tide waits for no man.
Wasn't that the expression from the 19th century--from Dickens, I believe?