First and foremost, Tom, I do appreciate the fact that you're allowing us to go public. I want to reinforce that from our perspective, it is in Canada's best interests that we do have an open process that engages all Canadians. In fact there is a need for us to be going outside of Ottawa. Canadians had a huge expectation—given the issues of the in-and-out scandal, robocalls, over-expenditures, the issues facing Elections Canada, and the amount of attention that has been given to the issue and how Canadians feel as a whole—and the legislation has fallen short of meeting that expectation.
If we are allowed to go outside of the city of Ottawa, then we are providing, I believe, an opportunity for the committee to make presentations in all regions of the country and to try to build back some of the confidence that Canadians have lost in the election law that is being proposed.
I think that is very important for us to recognize. I would like to see the committee meet consistently, and you've indicated that we'll be able to do that in public.