Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to direct my first two questions to Professor Bochel, and then I think I'll pass it over to my colleague, Mr. Rankin.
I very much appreciated both your paper and the summary of the speaking notes. It was very helpful that you set out parameters or features, including clearly knowing what the purpose is and needing to manage expectations, especially when we know that when citizens interact with MPs and government, it's often the dashing of expectations about how their interaction is handled that is a problem, and not so much the outcome. So I found this all very useful. I think when we come to perfecting the design that my colleague from Burnaby—Douglas has put in his motion, I honestly think that your reminders will almost serve as a tick list for us, so thank you.
I was just wondering about something that the previous witness from Samara suggested. There are two mechanisms. If we say that engagement is a serious goal or co-goal of the system, not purely two-way communication but engagement, could there be mechanisms to alert MPs, if this is easily programmable, of constituents who have signed any given petition, including updates, reports, etc., that would indicate and help MPs understand where people are at on a range of issues? Do you see that as an engagement? Would that be a beneficial engagement tool, or would you have any concerns?