Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am pleased to see colleagues whose electoral district is near my own. I am very pleased to see that everyone has the same opinion. Matters are much simpler for the committee when members are in agreement.
I imagine you will be asked some quite simple questions. They may briefly explain to you why the commission came to these conclusions. Mr. Bernier very clearly explained how they wanted to do things that way, probably because of the RCMs. However, that does not prevent us from recommending what you propose.
I am going to speak to Mr. Bernier.
Let us talk about the electoral quota. There is a small difference in the figures contained in the Library of Parliament documents, but I believe that is due to the fact that the town of Saint-Lambert was not included. We saw that your riding, the electoral district of Beauce, would change from an electoral quota variance of 11% to 12%, whereas that of Mégantic—L'Érable would change from -12% to -14%.
However, I did a quick calculation based on the figures you gave us and the result was slightly different. We were closer to the electoral quota. You are aware that Beauce is still a developing region and that more people may still be settling there in the next few years. Are you afraid that you will increasingly move away from the electoral quota at some point?