Procedure and House Affairs committee  That seems to me to be an all-or-nothing argument. We have many conventions that guide what happens in Parliament. We don't decide it's either one way or the highway. I think that's the attitude we want to get away from, that it has to be one or the other. We need to be able to have room for discussion and debate to reconsider things and to re-establish certain conventions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, there was. There are little things about Facebook that have funnelled how we went. We originally wanted the title to be in English and French, but there's a limit on how long you can make titles, which is unfortunate. We had a second group created. They basically copied and pasted.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry; I don't—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly, the fact that I'm here today—I was invited, I wasn't subpoenaed or anything like that—means I'm very much interested in remaining involved in some capacity. I'm still trying to decide where I would fit into things, whether I would want to get involved in a formal political party, whether I would like to remain where I am right now in this sort of way.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's something that's really interesting. As I said, there are only a few dozen or so members who are still active. As for.... Are you talking about Québécois or francophones from across the country as well?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was interesting. We had less interest in Quebec, compared with the rest of the country, and again, because it was English...there was some discussion that went on in French as well, but I can't give any numbers on it, or even a rough idea.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's something about human nature whereby we tend to divide things into very hard and fast dichotomies, whereas I prefer to look at things more as duality: these things are not actually opposing but are complementary. Part of answering to Canadians and working together and moving forward on things is asking questions and thinking critically about policy and about legislation and how it's going to affect things.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not too sure about.... I understand, for instance, that in 2008 there was a confidence motion brought forward, and that's how it was prorogued. I'm not too sure how the opposition could have responded. It's a bit beyond my understanding and expertise.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, not necessarily; I don't think that any time the opposition or Canadians are opposed to something the government has done we would need to rush into an election or anything like that. Government is not about fighting and winning elections. It's about, as we have discussed, moving Canada forward—discussing and debating and that sort of thing as well.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I am in anthropology.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I am 25.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's quite interesting. I was the moderator. I would try to keep the discussion civil and that sort of thing, but in terms of actually educating.... It was basically that anybody who had a question could bring it forward, and people would give answers. Sometimes they were wrong answers.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, but... I'll go in English. It's just easier for me; I won't start stammering. I was someone who followed politics. I was very interested in reading about it, but I had never been particularly engaged. I was a bit more interested in my undergraduate time, but I became disenchanted for various reasons.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't know. I certainly am disappointed as to what happened last year over the coalition, the fact that it is brought up occasionally when you read Hansard, and you see “unholy alliance” mentioned a few times. But you see scare tactics from all sides, especially around elections, so it's inevitable that whoever's in power or whoever's in opposition will try to scare Canadians into voting for them.