Electoral Reform committee  I think different companies would have different methodologies and ways in which to ask a question. We've been asking questions about specific policy issues for the past three years using the same metric. There are certain times when you can get 50% or 60% of Canadians to be comp

Electoral Reform committee  It's too difficult for me to comment on somebody else's surveys, and I don't think I should go there.

Electoral Reform committee  The number of Canadians who are intently engaged in this process is fairly low. Looking at the numbers, it's probably around 25% to 30% who are following this either very closely or somewhat closely.

Electoral Reform committee  The number for Canada as a whole is 49%.

Electoral Reform committee  What's interesting about British Columbia is that the level of support is actually higher for single transferable votes, which is the system that we voted on twice in previous elections. The threshold that was set to actually change the system for our own provincial elections was

Electoral Reform committee  We actually provide a very lengthy explanation of the three systems, which is definitely required.

Electoral Reform committee  I would love to. Thank you for the invitation. It needs to be completely clear to them that they're choosing a specific system.

Electoral Reform committee  Because we do it online, the time is essentially in the hands of the respondents. They can choose to take a little bit longer to read it. This is one of the topics that is very hard to do in a telephone survey. There have been a lot of discussions in the industry about whether te

Electoral Reform committee  The sample size for the survey was 1,029 Canadian adults. The standard for a nationwide survey in Canada is usually 1,000 Canadians, so this survey was consistent with any other survey we would have conducted on some other topic.

Electoral Reform committee  The respondents to our surveys are not aware of the topic until the moment they click. Usually the best way to do it, to maintain their engagement and to have them answer on several things, is to mix it with other things. It's not necessarily a stand-alone survey where we invite

Electoral Reform committee  It's the proportional representation system.

Electoral Reform committee  They are lower. I can check them right now, if you will allow me.

Electoral Reform committee  The level of support for adopting proportional representation for future federal elections is 56% in Quebec, as I already said, 53% in Ontario, and 42% in British Columbia.

Electoral Reform committee  —that they've lost the election, that they voted for a candidate who finished in third, fourth, or fifth place. It tends to happen more here. We've had a lot of discussions about electoral reform. We had a couple of referenda provincially that didn't reach the threshold that was

Electoral Reform committee  No, it's a fair way to analyze it. It happens mostly with voters who are age 18 to 34, more than anything because they're new to the system and they're trying to figure out what is going on and they're motivated. Maybe they're actually participating in a campaign, volunteering, d