Procedure and House Affairs committee  Taylor Gunn, who was here an hour ago would certainly have talked about all of this.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  But there is more done in the way of civic education in other countries than in most Canadian—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, if they go back to doing what they were doing when I was sort of a consultant, and so on, that's already a major step. Because of the federal system, you can't have Elections Canada doing what the department of education in the province does in terms of the curriculum for h

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You're quite correct. I was suggesting that this was the one thing that was missing.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Who gets into the debate?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I haven't really thought about it very much, but my general principle is that it's not a good idea to have it debated in the last minute before an election campaign, because then the rules will be based on the particular situation at that time. It would be better to debate it whe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Let me say to the specific aspects of Bill C-76 that I think we're doing what we can. We're not going to change our entire institutional system to be like theirs, but within our institution, I think we are applying it appropriately. They have other institutions. I can't speak for

Procedure and House Affairs committee  At this point, I think, in adopting Bill C-76, adding things like political debates and so on is what I would recommend. I would think, though, that we shouldn't say the issue is closed especially on the political knowledge side. I think there are things we could do. One of the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I was under the misapprehension that I was going to be one of five, but it turned out that the five are the entire morning session, rather than just this hour. That is okay with me, but it means that I haven't prepared an exhaustive critique or analysis of Bill C-76. I'm just goi