That is not the point. The point is to keep this country together and it is the duty of all of us, in all our speeches, in all our comments and everything that we do. We should all speak in favour of Canada the way the Prime Minister does, lauding the virtues of living in the greatest country in the world, Canada, not whether or not there are six constitutional experts who say there is such an implicit power. Five would say otherwise or the reverse. What difference does that make? That does not make any difference if a country is trying to split itself apart. What we need is the intestinal fortitude to state that this is a great country and to work together to keep the country together, this great country of Canada. That is what is important, not the rest of that nonsense.
In the House of Commons on December 8th, 1994. See this statement in context.