Madam Chair, history is repeating itself. History is like a broken record, especially when we do not learn from it. Today's debate is exactly the same as the one surrounding the Meech Lake accord, when we talked about Quebec as a distinct society. If the Meech Lake accord has not worked, it is because English-speaking Canada wanted to make sure that the concept of a distinct society would not confer any powers and because they thought Quebeckers were pretty stupid to buy into the idea that Quebec would have certain powers simply by virtue of being a distinct society. So were had.
People say that...