Mr. Speaker, the hon. member said that there were no political parties involved and that there was no politics involved. Politics was involved, as we stated, concerning scrutineers.
Also, if we take a look at the system that was put in place, the people of Newfoundland were not given an opportunity to digest what was happening to them. They had only 16 hours before the advance polls from the time the question was put before them. There is no place in the world in which we would let that happen.
There has to be a better system. Perhaps the system suggested by the hon. member is the better system.
We have denominational schools and a Roman Catholic school in my city. The provincial Liberal government wants to close the denominational schools. I fought to keep them. We had only one girls Catholic school and one boys Catholic school. It is a boys and girls Catholic school now. We also have one Evangelical school. That is all we have, but the government wants to close them too.
I am really worried about the direction in which we are going. I have to say that what they are proposing is wrong. We have to, all of us, take a look at it for the sake of the children of this country.