Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll do my best to be quick.
First of all, Professor Wiseman, thank you for highlighting Kitchener. It's a great place to be.
I'm not a graduate of a political science program, nor am I a lawyer, so I'm finding this discussion very educational. And I think the variety of responses from the experts indicates how complex this issue is.
Professor Wiseman, in your opening remarks you used terminology such as “My critique was hard-hitting”, and so on. Then you went on to say something about your position having somewhat moderated. We heard the same from Professor Weinstock a week or so ago when he said much the same thing. In terms of the moderation of your position, could you be specific on what issues your position has moderated?
I'll put my second question in and give you the entire time to answer.
On page 4 of the English version of your comments, you say, “A possible way to limit prime ministerial power...”, and then you go on to say that such “a document that sets out specific rules... Such rules would not limit the reserve powers of the Crown but they would check the prime minister’s freedom...”. I find those two concepts totally contradictory, and maybe you could help me to understand how they're not.
Could you cover those two questions? Then I'd like to share the rest of my time, three seconds, with Mr. Lauzon.