Electoral Reform committee  Yes. It's an interesting question. We do think there would definitely be maybe not a significant amount, but definitely a small group of people who absolutely would want to decipher between the two, and this system would enable them to do that. I guess it would localize it more.

Electoral Reform committee  I guess the short answer is yes.

Electoral Reform committee  To be really clear, we don't have a position on a referendum. We just would ask that all avenues be explored in the way we consult with Canadians. It may in fact be by a referendum. At the end of the day, it may be concluded that this is the best way to ask Canadians, but it coul

Electoral Reform committee  As a starting point, why does the labour movement in Canada care about electoral reform? Why would that be something that we would want to engage our membership on and want to put resources into? I guess it all comes down to fairness. We as an organization—and I would go as far

Electoral Reform committee  I was referring to an Abacus Data report, I believe. That was done this spring. We're happy to share it. We obviously would never cite something that wasn't public and common knowledge. If you're interested in that poll, we could get it for you.

Electoral Reform committee  I'm not sure I could put a definitive number on it. I would suggest that this issue has been talked about for a while now at the leadership level. I'm not sure if you're aware of the structure of the labour movement. We have our national leadership, which makes up what we call

Electoral Reform committee  Well, I guess it depends on the issue. I'm not sure exactly what the process was with this particular issue.

Electoral Reform committee  For the record, we do not have a position on a referendum. We leave that decision and that process or consultation to take place at whatever the appropriate place is for that to happen, whether it be through this committee or through another government committee. We don't have a

Electoral Reform committee  Yes, well, first of all, we wish—we totally wish—that we had engaged 3.3 million workers, that's for sure, but the fact is no, of course not. It's not the most exciting topic for many. It wasn't the most exciting topic for me either, until I started getting educated on it and sta

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you. To be honest, we don't have another position. We maintain that position, and that's the position we're going to continue to press forward with. I'm sorry for the short answer, but proportional representation is what we'd be looking for.

Electoral Reform committee  I'll go back to my comment, which is that in order to get a majority government, you should have the majority of the vote.

Electoral Reform committee  Yes.

Electoral Reform committee  That's a rhetorical question, Mr. Cullen.

Electoral Reform committee  It's for exactly all of those reasons. First of all, I don't think it's any secret here that the CLC is a political organization. That is what we do. We do politics and we try hard to engage our membership in the electoral process and to care about issues that are important to

Electoral Reform committee  I think I do actually mention that in my comments. I mention the fact that other countries have seen slight increases in women and under-represented groups being elected. We can't say for certain, but I think there's a bigger problem and conversation we have to have at a differen