Thank you.
I lived through the last redistribution, and there were dramatic changes then. There are some dramatic changes here, particularly in British Columbia. Often, one of the objections is that now, whoever the federal representative will be will have to deal with more than one municipality. The truth is that in my riding now, I deal with two cities.
In my old riding, which was Delta—Richmond East, not only was I in two cities, but I was across the river, so I heard some of the earlier testimony, “You're making us represent across a river.” I've actually done that, because it is possible. It is possible for a federal representative to deal with two or three different municipalities.
In some of our rural ridings, there are many cities and townships that people deal with, so it is possible. Sometimes, though, on the ground, it doesn't make sense. In my riding of South Surrey—White Rock, they're going to carve out a little bit and put it in Delta. That's another city, but it isn't dramatic enough—