Madam Speaker, perspectives change over time with experience when one gets immersed in the reality of what goes on in the House or anything that we do as representatives of the people of Canada.
I will give quotes from another couple of people who have commented on this. One is by Christy Clark, the premier of British Columbia, who said:
I think they got close. Perfection in these things is impossible because it's a big and complicated country. The thing that is really encouraging about it is, we now have a formula that means we will not continue to be under-represented.
Cal Dallas, the Alberta intergovernmental affairs minister, said:
Obviously, the voice of Alberta representation will be enhanced and over a long period of time will have a significant impact for Albertans.
I am here to represent Edmonton Centre, Alberta and Canadians. We are all doing that in the best way we know how.
There was a point earlier about people not knowing how many seats there were in the House. I can guarantee that most people in my riding know who their member of Parliament is and that they have access to me. If there are 20,000 or 25,000 fewer people trying to get that access, then it stands to reason their access would be better.