I really did enjoy all three presentations. I did want to pick up on a couple of points, Ms. Dawood. I do think it's really important that people, whether viewers or all parliamentarians, recognize to what degree the academic world has actually been following the proceedings in regard to this very important piece of legislation.
In your presentation you said, and I'll read directly from it, “The open letter has been signed by over 170 professors at Canadian universities who study the principles and institutions of constitutional democracy, including 16 past presidents of the Canadian Political Science Association”.
I think that for most people, whether you're a parliamentarian or not, when you hear of that groundswell that's out there at our post-secondary institutions, I take it that it's from our country's three coasts, Canadians should really stand up and take note that something's wrong here.
Can you or maybe any of your colleagues recall anything of this nature ever occurring before, where they have felt such strong principles on a piece of legislation that they've actually signed off on this magnitude?