Mr. Speaker, the member made an interesting point and I would be interested in his comments. It had to do with his current situation whereby, with the boundaries expanding, the geographic size of the riding would expand enough that travel within the riding would be a little more difficult. Quite frankly, I think the member was basically saying that it would be a lot more difficult to provide the same level of service to constituents.
I am sure that fact concerns a lot of members but I suspect very few members in this place would make the argument that every time the population goes up by 100,000 people we should add another member of Parliament in perpetuity. It really is problematic. Eventually we have to get there.
To the extent that a riding may not be an urban centre but a more rural or remote riding, there comes a point in time when travel within the riding becomes significantly greater than the average travel time of a member of Parliament. Does the member not think that consideration should be given to that riding so it is not based totally on population targets but on a combination of population and geographic space?