Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Cayer. First I would like to congratulate you. You raised an idea that I have always been in favour of, that physically large constituencies, such as in Quebec's high north, for example, we should spend more money on riding management problems. So I support your suggestion.
As you say, it is unreasonable to reduce the weight of the votes of residents in more urban and more densely populated constituencies. That's not fair. I believe you complied with the principle that created constituencies should have roughly the same population across the province. I see from the list that the difference between the largest population and the smallest is well within the limits permitted by the act. Only the riding of Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia is 20% below the provincial average. In any case, the quotient is only a total of 5, which is 10% below the average quotient. On the other hand, there is only one case where the population percentage exceeds 10% of the average.
This isn't exactly a question, but I wanted to tell you that I appreciated what you did. In my own province of Ontario, we have a much greater variance. I believe your model is the one we should follow.
Are there any particular problems? Quebec's high north is uniquely immense, but Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario in a way have the same problem. Are there any practices that the other commission members should adopt?