Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
There is agreement, I understand, from all the rural MPs in northern Alberta, in principle, in relation to the boundaries that have been proposed by Mr. Warkentin and me.
I would say, first of all, this is new. I really feel that this process should be independent of politics. I did not get involved with the commission up to this point because of that, but I got involved because there's no common sense to their proposal to include Wabasca.
I knew the population would be an issue. It's an issue with the regional municipality and has been for 10 years. They have opposed the federal census twice.
What I'm suggesting is that you should allow in these ridings—Chris's, my own, and the third one—a negative quota differential of around 20%. I think that would be accurate. It's certainly not outside of the mandate. I think it would be more accurate to depict exactly the rural nature of the riding and also what's going on in the ridings as a result of the economic boom. If you don't know and if you've never heard me talk about it before, the oil sands are somewhere around 8% of the GDP right now. That means a lot of people go there to get work.
I do believe there is agreement, as you asked, Mr. Dion, and I haven't gotten involved before because there was no sense in doing so. In this particular case, it's just because of the common sense element of it. Including Wabasca and doing what Mr. Warkentin described—driving seven hours from my home one way, then seven hours another way, and through another riding for three hours—doesn't make sense.
I think I've answered all of your questions.