Madam Chair, thank you.
Obviously, we're considering no further redistribution legislation at this time. We think it's important that commissions be allowed to, as best possible, complete their work in the timelines prescribed by legislation.
With the modified proportionate representation, the riding of Labrador, for example, because of its geography necessarily has fewer electors than a riding in St. John's might in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. There are obviously the territorial examples, which are long standing. I think of my own province of New Brunswick, which, because of the application of the senatorial clause, has to have 10 members of Parliament. If you divided the population of New Brunswick to try to get to the electoral quotient—the national number—it might be less than 10 MPs, but that's an example where my province will always have 10 members of Parliament or the province of Prince Edward Island will have four. A strict representation by population national formula might lead to a different outcome.