I had thought of something I wanted to say in French, but then I forgot it.
Mr. Berthold, that is an excellent point. The fact that the government garnered 39% of the vote is perhaps an example of the tyranny of the minority and not of the majority.
As to the tyranny of the majority, we can say that factionalism is the central problem in democratic systems.
Can democratic systems represent the common good, the values and interests of a whole society and not just those of a majority? That is a very important question. That is why we have the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Senate. Different democracies have created various institutions to protect the rights of minorities. The rules of the House also protect those rights. The work of de Tocqueville should be considered, as should The Federalist Papers from the United States, which address the same topics in an interesting way. This is very relevant to our discussions today.