Electoral Reform committee  You know, a few of you have mentioned that no one is paying attention to the committee, so you could probably add 200 seats and no one would notice.

Electoral Reform committee  I think, especially at the college and university levels, it's up to the instructor to incorporate certain resources into their curriculum, so you can't—

Electoral Reform committee  Yes. I mean, you mentioned SSHRC, and there are different grants at universities. It would have to be selected through the mechanisms they use, but there would be opportunity there. I want to pick up on where you started to go with the question. I don't think I said the exact n

Electoral Reform committee  Five.

Electoral Reform committee  Ten.

Electoral Reform committee  Eight.

Electoral Reform committee  Five.

Electoral Reform committee  Do I have to say a number again?

Electoral Reform committee  I would say 10, but there are other reasons that I think it would be better for the House if there were more seats, in terms of party dynamics and things like that, once you get into the working of the House of Commons. However, my number would be 10 in terms of keeping the 338 a

Electoral Reform committee  I guess it means comfort with the final decision and the route that gets you to that final decision. Maybe it means acceptance by those outside of the group that made the decision, and understanding. That bolsters the legitimacy of the decision that was made.

Electoral Reform committee  I think there's value in any question that would compel citizens to seek out that information. It's just a matter of whether they will, whether the information is out there, and whether it's information that is balanced in terms of not just presenting it in a way that, as I said

Electoral Reform committee  I guess I'm not giving you a number because I respect the responsibilities laid out in the Constitution. Maybe I'll take a five down the middle because I think the federal government does play a role in other provincial jurisdictions, and it could play a role in this as well. May

Electoral Reform committee  I've talked a lot about the tuned-out aspect, if we're focusing on young voters. We might laugh at photos of Puff Daddy being involved in voter turnout.... I'm dating myself.

Electoral Reform committee  He goes by Diddy, too, I think. I don't know what he's called right now. Anyway, sometimes you need these more hip groups like Apathy is Boring. They don't do it anymore, I don't think, but when MuchMusic was more of a television station, I think Chrétien was interviewed. I don'

Electoral Reform committee  I know. Again, when I was looking through previous testimony, I know that Nelson Wiseman from the University of Toronto said the parties and media play a role to educate. I'm sure you're finding, as you're travelling the country and in Ottawa, that some people supporting a system