Electoral Reform committee  Yes.

Electoral Reform committee  I would have to beg off the question, since I'm a lawyer, not a political scientist. I think one of the great problems is that we assume that lawyers know everything.

Electoral Reform committee  Are you asking me which system I think would work best?

Electoral Reform committee  It's very important to bear in mind the role of lawyers. I can write the statute, I can write the provision, but as to whether this or that system is a better system is really a political science question. I would defer to Professor Norris. Unfortunately, we have a tendency....

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am honoured to be here today, and I appreciate the opportunity to address the committee. I should like to confine my remarks to just two points. The first is constitutional and the second is political. The first issue to be considered is the extent