Again, Mr. Boulerice, I congratulate you on obfuscating the issue. The reality is you can't compare federal election results—which is a first past the post system, with multiple names on the ballot—with a referendum question that's yes or no. If we're going to use the example of 100 people in a bargaining unit, Mr. Boulerice, in any other way other than an absolute majority, you're going to have the will of the minority overruling the will of the majority. If a union in a certification drive can get 50% plus one person to sign a card, what is so difficult about getting them to come to a ballot box and express their will in the exact same way? That's something that nobody's ever been able to explain: if you can get it one way, why can't you get it the other? The answer to that question is, because of the interference and the pressure tactics and other mechanisms that are sometimes employed by unions during the certification process that don't let a worker, for fear of reprisal.... And if you think people aren't taking names during a union certification drive, you're fooling yourself. Mr. Boulerice, you know this very well.
But if we applied it in a different manner, I'll put it back to you this way. Let's say there's a workplace bargaining unit of only 50 people, and only 26 of the 50 vote in favour, and 24 vote against, you now have 26 people determining the fate of 74 if you simply had a simple majority ballot system in place. That's 26 people forcing union dues to be paid by the other 74—