Procedure and House Affairs committee  The thing with the Facebook groups is that once they hit 5,000 members, you actually can't change things around a bit. I was very interested in actually changing the name of the group to reflect the broader mandate. What was really interesting about the group is that it really did kick off a lot of other discussion and questions about the role of Parliament and government, questions such as the role of the monarchy in Canada, proportional representation, other forms of voting, and that sort of thing.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely, and I'm sure I'll get some questions as to the legitimacy of CAPP, but what's really interesting is that because of the rallies, these chapters basically sprung up in different communities, and I'm happy to say that many of them do remain quite active. I know in Toronto they have regular democracy cafés.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I followed a few of them. I remember I caught Professor Mendes last weekend. I believe I also heard the House law clerk, a portion of his as well, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's always a pleasure. I'll just start with a bit of a brief I've prepared. On January 23 a curious thing happened. Across the country, thousands of Canadians from all walks of life came together in the name of a routine parliamentary procedure that, up until a year ago, many had never even heard of.