Electoral Reform committee  Thanks. I think we agree with that. There's a bunch of things that we can do to help women get elected, and I think we are doing a bunch of things already, but we're still not rising in the numbers. Some of the initiatives are great to see, and I think they're very helpful, bu

Electoral Reform committee  Our mandate from our supporters is voter equality. People want equal, effective votes, so we support proportional representation. On the other side, just another shift to a majoritarian system would not be a great idea: You still leave half of the electorate unrepresented; you s

Electoral Reform committee  Certainly on some points of effectiveness.... If you are still leaving half the electorate unrepresented, you are not hitting that bar on effectiveness.

Electoral Reform committee  I think the government is doing a great job listening to Canadians—and that is what you need to do first—but after you've received the information back from Canadians, I think some leadership is needed to create an evidence-based decision and go out and justify to Canadians why y

Electoral Reform committee  Go ahead.

Electoral Reform committee  Yes.

Electoral Reform committee  Right.

Electoral Reform committee  I can say it briefly. I also hope somebody will ask me about the women's issue as well, besides that. Our members are incredibly motivated. In the last election there was a lot of strategic voting that went on, and they parked their votes often around this issue. They are very

Electoral Reform committee  Thanks. It's a really important issue to me, the issue around electing more women, and I know there are barriers to electing women. We know that it's during the nomination process. There was a study by Kaminsky and White who talked about women's responsibility, confidence, barri

Electoral Reform committee  They have preferential ballots with single-member winners in the lower House, a preferential ballot with multi-member winners in the upper House. When you have an opportunity to elect more than one person, you can elect women. It's not 50/50, either a male or a female. Now, all o

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you. Before we start, we're just going to show you a short 40-second video. [Video Presentation] We started this process with a commitment from our Prime Minister to make every vote count. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the committee, and we are here t