Procedure and House Affairs committee  Back then I think it was just an expression of interest, and vehicles did come to Prince Edward Island.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm going to answer yes to both, depending, of course, on what the question is. If it's a question that the politicians would be involved in, it would probably be difficult to do them both at the same time. For our proportional representation plebiscite, the political parties did not get involved.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe at this point in time it's considered unnecessary. We haven't had any issues to vote on that required a referendum.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The direct answer would be no. A plebiscite is really an expression of interest, but if the vote is strong enough, I believe the government would really have to listen to that vote and react to it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. After hearing the other two presentations, I think my comment is that my only experience in running a plebiscite is with one that was run like a mini plebiscite. As the administrator, if I were to do another plebiscite, I would want to do it province-wide, similar to a provincial election, in all the polling divisions and electoral districts.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for inviting me to present. I'm honoured to be here representing Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island. Our province has plebiscite legislation, but we do not have referendum legislation. l'm going to share with you a little bit of information about our province.