Thank you for that clarification.
I'd like your opinion on something else that you said in your opening statement, which is that under the current system, the exhaustive system of electing Speakers, it can turn into a bit of a partisan exercise. I agree with that, although I also note, at least in my 10 years of being in Parliament, that's not always the case. I would point to the 2006 election. The Conservative Party was elected as government in a minority configuration, but we had Speaker Milliken re-elected as the Speaker. He was a member of the official opposition at that time.
I think that speaks well, quite frankly, to the ability of all members of Parliament to ascertain that they would like to see someone in that chair who is competent, impartial, and fair. I would just point that out for your reference.
I would like to think that all members take the election of a Speaker quite seriously. If it were ever to get to a point where we were voting strictly on partisan lines, quite frankly, democracy could suffer.
I'd like a few comments from you on whether you think the exhaustive system would ultimately lead to partisanship rearing its ugly head.