Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Mayrand, when a nation, a province, decides to hold a referendum, it is always on a very important matter. It is important to ensure that both sides have fair chances and that justice is done to ensure democracy.
With respect to the second option you submit, you seem to be saying, unless I've misunderstood, that it would be more practical and easier to integrate the Referendum Act within the Canada Elections Act and that that would facilitate the application of rules.
What effect would that have had if it had been done by the time the 1992 referendum took place? What impact would that have had? What would the advantages have been, would it have been clearer? In 1992, for instance, Quebec held its own referendum on the same question but using its own legislation. Would your option to integrate one within the other change things? Would things have been different, for Quebec, for instance?