Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
You had mentioned the issue of consultation and buy-in being a part of a successful electoral regime. You've just described Canada's reputation on the international stage, the way we're viewed, and I loved your references to Norway and Sweden, because that's the way we like to think of ourselves. That's what we take national pride in. It's not the size of our economy or our army or the population. Much like Australia, it's our reputation that is our currency on the international stage.
Professor, you have stated Canada's usual position in the world, but we now face an electoral reform bill that had no consultation with the Chief Electoral Officer, no consultation with the commissioner of elections, no consultation with civil society, not even consultations with the opposition parties. It was nice to hear Mr. Reid taking some credit for some things in the bill that he likes because it underscores the fact that the only people who had input into this bill are Conservatives. Nobody else got a say. I'd like you to put that kind of approach to electoral reform in a context as it stands beside Canada's reputation as we now enjoy it.