Electoral Reform committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know you are running a little bit behind, and I hope to be succinct in my comments. I want first of all to thank the committee for inviting me to speak here today. I want to preface my comments by saying this is the first time I've ever presented in fro

Electoral Reform committee  I was speaking more to the point that the current system is broken as it is now. By this I mean that what we've seen is, time and time again, majority governments whose agendas we already know. If we elect a certain government that has campaigned on ripping up labour legislation

Electoral Reform committee  Yes. First of all, this is the start of that process, right? That's why I do mean that I commend this committee for doing the work it's been set out to do. We do believe in this process, and we do put a lot of trust and goodwill into what's being done here. I know this committee

Electoral Reform committee  It's our position nationally, as an organization. We're set up in regions, but we're all one congress.

Electoral Reform committee  That's right.

Electoral Reform committee  It hasn't been submitted yet, as far as I know, but I know we will have a much more extensive position paper, a brief, that will be provided to the committee.

Electoral Reform committee  Yes. I believe there are some other committee hearings coming up in Ottawa, maybe at the end of this process, at which you will be consulting more experts, and you'll also hear from some of our more expert staff on this issue during that time as well.

Electoral Reform committee  Yes. It's a suggestion. That could be one way of doing it. We are not hell-bent on any exact model of PR. It's just a suggestion that this could be one way of doing it. You're correct.

Electoral Reform committee  I'll go back to my comment, which is that in order to get a majority government, you should have the majority of the vote.

Electoral Reform committee  Yes.

Electoral Reform committee  That's a rhetorical question, Mr. Cullen.

Electoral Reform committee  It's for exactly all of those reasons. First of all, I don't think it's any secret here that the CLC is a political organization. That is what we do. We do politics and we try hard to engage our membership in the electoral process and to care about issues that are important to

Electoral Reform committee  I think I do actually mention that in my comments. I mention the fact that other countries have seen slight increases in women and under-represented groups being elected. We can't say for certain, but I think there's a bigger problem and conversation we have to have at a differen

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you. To be honest, we don't have another position. We maintain that position, and that's the position we're going to continue to press forward with. I'm sorry for the short answer, but proportional representation is what we'd be looking for.

Electoral Reform committee  Yes, well, first of all, we wish—we totally wish—that we had engaged 3.3 million workers, that's for sure, but the fact is no, of course not. It's not the most exciting topic for many. It wasn't the most exciting topic for me either, until I started getting educated on it and sta