Procedure and House Affairs committee  Voting-related.... I think generally that's true. I'm not a political historian so I could be wrong. In general that was accepted.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Maybe you could, but I don't know of any.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I think that's a good point.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that's the problem with American institutions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Exactly.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. I assumed that was happening; I shouldn't have maybe. That's why I was rather surprised when the law firm in Toronto contacted me a few months ago saying they were going to have this case. I asked what case. They said the fair elections—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I thought it was on its way to being fixed. I do other things in my research so I wasn't paying that much attention.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a very good principle. Sometimes you may have a profound issue; that's what referendums are for, when you can't find consensus. For example, those of us in favour of electoral reform are divided over the question of whether it requires a referendum or not because that's more

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That should be consensual.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would hope...I don't know how parliamentary procedure operates, but it should be possible. Probably not. As I said here I am in a court case defending a position I've taken against the government that's changed its position toward mine. There should be some way of speeding up t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's what I'm saying, but if you can divide the law in some way, or divide the passage.... I don't know. I'm not a parliamentary procedure person.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If that's possible. This is your area, not mine. Ideally there should be a way of moving quickly on those parts that Elections Canada needs more time to pass, where there is no principled opposition, which I'm not hearing yet. I cannot tell you how to do that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, I don't want to talk about the specifics. My general position in these areas, and it comes from knowing a lot of what goes on in other countries, is that the clearer the rules in advance, the better the situation overall. That's why I favour fixed election dates. Everybody

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Let me add that you should include Quebec. All the parties, except for the Liberals, in Quebec are now in favour of electoral reform. It's part of their platform going into the October 1 election. Although it's not like B.C. where there will be a referendum already, and that refe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The model New Zealand or Scotland used.... I prefer the Scottish variant, but they're very similar. That's the one that has been agreed upon in Quebec by the other parties, with the exception of the ruling Liberals. I know less about what's happening in Prince Edward Island. I