That is an excellent question.
I salute Mr. Therrien, who is also an experienced politician with good judgment. I can see that in the way he asks his questions. He is trying to back me into a corner. I accept that and the lawyer in me even admires it. I was so poor in math and science that I decided to study law, and did not even study tax law.
That said, Mr. Therrien is right, we interpreted the motion in order to protect Quebec's political weight. If the number of seats had dropped from 78 to 77, that would not in our view have protected Quebec's political weight.
Obviously, we are not going to start discussing amending the Constitution or go before the courts to determine whether a bill passed by the House of Commons is unconstitutional.