Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition talks about negligence. This is when you come to the conclusion that it started in 1986. Before that, if he claims there was negligence, that is fine. Let us find out when the negligence occurred. According to what we know at this time, and in the view of all the ministers around the table at the time of the agreement, negligence started in 1986.
In the House of Commons on May 5th, 1998. See this statement in context.