Electoral Reform committee  I think reasonable men and women can come to reasonable conclusions, so I think the first test of that will be how as a committee you work together and what you will present as a report—hopefully not a series of reports—to the rest of the Parliament of Canada, to the government,

Electoral Reform committee  I'll share some with—

Electoral Reform committee  I don't get to rebut?

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you. Then I would say that the measure is not what the voting system is, it's what the effectiveness of the governance model is? The question is too narrowly asked when you're asking about this system or that system, because it's not a duelling battle about experts. If thi

Electoral Reform committee  You shouldn't do anything that delegitimizes your role as individual members of Parliament. You are a very legitimate tool for having these conversations with Canadians. In whatever you do, I would be careful, if some of the solutions that are being proposed actually add to fra

Electoral Reform committee  Could I take another two or three minutes?

Electoral Reform committee  I can do that, by all means.

Electoral Reform committee  I was going to talk about it, but I'm not going to come to a conclusion. I'll only tell you that in the same poll I was talking about earlier, there was interest in exploring other options. When you see the results, you can have a look at what you think of their interest. It's a

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you very much. Good morning, distinguished Chair, Vice-Chairs, and members of the committee. I'd like to begin by saying a few words about the Institute on Governance and our work in advancing better governance in Canada and abroad. The IOG, as we call ourselves, is an i