Electoral Reform committee  Yes, I was assuming that a list would be created that would connect super regions, if you will, super constituencies across the country. In the case of the north, I am suggesting that because of the differences among the three territories, a north list would not be one that I wou

Electoral Reform committee  So we'd be represented, then, once every three governments, every three elections.

Electoral Reform committee  May I?

Electoral Reform committee  I think we got dangerously close to it earlier in some of the questions and conversations we had. I think it is about innovation, thinking outside the box, and stretching the boundaries, so that we think about questions like we spoke to on city council, who shared employment, tho

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you for that. I have an idea; I'm always good for those. It could be quite simple. Maybe springboarding off Mr. Kingsley's idea of two separate ways of cutting this one, why don't we just add one MP to each of the three territories? That will give us a better reflection in

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you for that. I really do wish to say that I look at this as a national question. I do not look at this as regional or Yukon-specific, even though I am fiercely defensive of the interests of the Yukon. When it comes to the question of representation in Parliament, I think g

Electoral Reform committee  Online if it's going to assist and add to what we have.

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you. I still go back to my point. I think each of the three territories is quite distinct in our connection to Canada. I like Kingsley's idea of these two different ways of cutting it across Canada. I go back to my earlier point, which is that we need to look at this as a

Electoral Reform committee  That's a difficult question. First of all, this is a bit of geography. It is 440,000 square kilometres for Yukon—I don't know if you knew that—as compared with your 11 kilometres. That goes back to the point that Mr. Kingsley raised in his presentation to you about this whole

Electoral Reform committee  I don't think I want to play with that. I want to leave it as it is now, where we have a member of Parliament who represents us in Ottawa in a way that truly reflects the Yukon and does not reflect any other super connection with some other region in the country.

Electoral Reform committee  My sense would be that let's say you created an area or a region that was Vancouver proper, a greater Vancouver area. And I don't recall how many MPs represent the greater Vancouver region, but it's—

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you for the question. I don't see it. Again, I would not want to create a structure...because in the context of proportionality, you want to connect in some way, and create some kinds of super ridings.... That's unless you create another 338 ridings and pop them over top

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you for that question. First let me comment on the fact that I'm also very clear that I don't speak for all Yukoners either, or for that matter any group across the north. Your question is well taken, because I think it is important, at the end of the day, when you form y

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you for your question and your comment. I'm with Jean-Pierre Kingsley. I think that's completely workable. I would like to suggest that when we talk about proportionality, when we talk about fairness within our electoral system, we think nationally. That's where the propo

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you for that question. I'll be quite frank with you, I don't see the need to reform to connect somehow proportionality to something called the region called north. I just don't believe that's necessary. We have 38,000 people in the Yukon territory. I don't even know if tha