I think that's a very fair question. I think those are questions we always have to consider.
Obviously we check the poll data based on what we're going to face. In the new riding, I pick up a 19-point win based on electoral votes over the second-place party. I'm not here for me. I'm thinking, “Who the hell is ever going to want to run in that riding when I'm gone?” That's the issue. It is about representation. Personally I win better, but we lose bigger.
I want to say, quickly, that we've talked about distance. We haven't talked about the fact that many in my communities have no roads. Do you know that it's cheaper for you to fly to Portugal for the weekend and stay in a hotel with your spouse than it is for one of my citizens from Peawanuck to come to my constituency office in Timmins? The cost of flying to get to my office—for one of my citizens—is usually about $2,000 to $3,000. There's no other way to get to my office. I have to rent planes to go there.