Electoral Reform committee  That's a difficult decision.

Electoral Reform committee  I would prefer to share three and go with more proportionality, but it would be very passionately opposed by a lot of other northerners who feel they require their own MP.

Electoral Reform committee  At Alternatives North, we didn't take a position on open lists or closed lists. I'll point out that a dual member proportional system, with two members in each riding, gets rid of the problem of the lists because it uses the other candidates who are running. They are selected as

Electoral Reform committee  I'm here to speak on behalf of Alternatives North, and we haven't discussed that, so I won't give an answer on their behalf, but, myself, I would look at two things. One is this issue of how to run a proportional system in parts of Canada where there's a low population. It's not

Electoral Reform committee  Since I only have five minutes, I will go quickly. Thanks for coming. It's nice to be here.

Electoral Reform committee  What I meant was I'll dispense with the long thank you and welcomes.

Electoral Reform committee  The translators have a copy of my notes, so I'll mostly stick to those. First I will acknowledge that we're on the traditional territory of the Dene people, Chief Drygeese territory. I'll tell you a little bit about Alternatives North. It's a small non-profit. We're a social j