Thank you very much.
Let me ask a question of Professor Turnbull.
I come to this conversation as somebody who is sympathetic to the discussion around electoral reform. I think it's a desirable conversation to have, but there are avenues that are available presently. Certainly, those who feel strongly about it can convince political parties to make it part of their platform, as the Liberals did in 2015. When folks come to see me about this, I say to them that the best way to do that is to show that the public cares. If you poll on this issue and there are 20 issues, it's typically 18th, 19th or 20th on the minds of Canadians. The other thing is that you can run candidates who are single-issue candidates who focus on this particular issue.
On the other hand, the longest ballot committee clearly creates the potential for the frustration of voters. If you think about the lineups that can potentially exist in many constituencies, people will just not vote. They'll bail out of the line, and they won't vote. This is a tactic that is frustrating the democratic rights of Canadians.
I hear your argument that we don't want to put restraints or restrictions on the range of voter freedom but, in my mind, we already do that. We don't allow you to sign the nominations of people who live in the riding beside you; they have to live in your own riding, so there are ways in which we have done that.
I guess my question is, in your opinion, given that this tactic can frustrate the rights of those people who are serious about voting, what should we do about this if we're not prepared to put those kinds of minimal restrictions on the range of freedom? It seems to me that the ability to sign only one nomination form is not a particularly big restriction.