Electoral Reform committee  Fine. It's simple: one alternative party, and then it's gone. Alberta will have 12 to 14 seats go non-Conservative right away.

Electoral Reform committee  What you have right then is, if you don't have plurality in a particular riding—

Electoral Reform committee  Obviously there can still be a minority government, but at least we'll be at 43% or 44%. The idea is, very simply, that if you don't have a plurality, you only maintain the top two—

Electoral Reform committee  I'm going to clarify for you.

Electoral Reform committee  I'll do it five seconds. The top two parties remain, and all the other parties, second choices, are split up among them and it's over. It's very simple.

Electoral Reform committee  At the risk of sounding a bit arrogant, I don't think this is very complex. If you have simply one alternative expressed on the ballot, which is mandatory for it not to be considered a spoiled ballot, the issue would be resolved. My MP said that Justin Trudeau was leaning toward

Electoral Reform committee  I appreciate that, and I don't mean to be cynical, but they're typically Canadian-sounding flowery words. But I'm talking about something that's happening right now. You consider it—and I saw your reaction—as a fringe issue when I say we have no gold and consider that the rest of

International Trade committee  I have been a member of the investment banking community since 1982, and since then I've largely been a financial writer. I have somewhat more in common with my Communist friend here than any of those who purport to be part of the political community or business community who are