Mr. Speaker, first of all, the hon. member opposite should realize that the system for appointing federal returning officers is the same as the one in place in all provinces. Quebec and the other provinces all have the same system.
The system is an excellent one. It has produced some excellent people who have directed this country's electoral system. Furthermore, in its 1991 report, the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, or Lortie Commission, did not recommend the change proposed by the hon. member across the way.