Ms. Turmel, I am going to be very frank with you.
The ridings around my electoral district are those of my colleague Mr. Dion, that is Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, the electoral district of Bourassa, Mr. Pacetti's riding of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel and, behind it, the riding of Papineau. As you will see, at the time of the commission's first consultation, I saw very clearly that we did not view the redistribution in the same way. Quite frankly, I did not really consult my colleagues. I knew very well that Mr. Dion and everyone else were satisfied.
Furthermore, this model was not submitted at the time of the first consultation. According to the redistribution that was provided to us, Ahuntsic was divided into four parts and distributed to the ridings of Saint-Laurent, Bourassa, Saint-Michel and a small portion to the riding of Papineau. So it was a very exploded model. In the presentation, we requested the status quo for Montreal as a whole and suggested that no new members be added. I saw at the hearings that everyone and all the parties agreed not to add new members in Montreal. In addition, I very clearly explained the nature of the historic Ahuntsic ward. This is consistent with the principles of the act, that is to say those respecting status, the community of interest, the historical pattern of those ridings and so on.
Lastly, I wind up with this document, in which I see that Ahuntsic has been divided differently again. The historic core of Ahuntsic has been taken and transferred to the riding of Bourassa, and Cartierville has been added to us, thus increasing our population. It is true that the variance in Saint-Laurent is -7%, but it is +9% in Ahuntsic, with all the developments that have just been added.
What do you want me to tell you? Yes, it is true?