Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member knows since he also received an invitation to name a contact person in his riding, that contact person is a source of names for the appointment of census commissioners. The same invitation was provided to all members of Parliament. Experience has shown that it is not adequate to generate all of the names required because the people whose names are submitted must submit themselves to testing, both written as well as interviews.
As the names have come in, in fact, I have noticed that in the ridings represented by the party of the hon. Leader of the Opposition, 134 of the recommendations were accepted out of 754 referrals, a proportion which is not dissimilar to the experience of others. I must say it is somewhat better than some of my colleagues have experienced.