Thank you. That's very kind and I appreciate it.
For the Lower Laurentians and the cities located there, it's important to understand that it was extremely complex for the commission, because it had added a new riding.
It came about after consultations were held during the hearings and there were a lot of criticisms. The commission was more or less required to completely redo the boundaries of this new riding
In the first electoral map that included the key riding of Les Pays-d'en-Haut, just to the north of mine, they had been very careful not to splinter any communities of interest, but had to start from scratch. In that instance, there was indeed a domino effect. As there had not been any consultations for the second part, it would appear that in spite of of their good intentions, they thought, probably wrongly, that Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines was a community of interest with the municipalities of La Rivière-du-Nord, which is not the case.
That's why the commission exists and why we are now conducting hearings. We would just like to reiterate the fact that a community of interest was unfortunately splintered, and that it's possible to return it to Mirabel without any direct electoral or demographic impact, and no domino effect. That's why the process has been complex for the commission, and I'd like to thank its members for the work they have done. Nevertheless, I think a further step is needed.