Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
I have difficulty with this motion on its very premise because I do not believe that there is a constitutional reference anywhere in the Constitution of Canada that would subscribe to this issue. So I have difficulty with it on its very premise, and I think that this type of a motion that ignores the reality of what is in the Constitution is by itself trying to amend the Constitution, which simply cannot be done by this committee. Amending the Constitution is very specific: it calls for 50% of the population of the country and six out of the ten provinces or territories, and it has to go through a procedure that involves not only passing the motion in Parliament but passing the motion in the Senate and passing the motion in every legislature of the country. I believe that its very premise is wrong.
I'll start out by reinforcing this by going through the Constitution. I will invite people to—