Perhaps because we were inspired by the remarks of Benoît Pelletier, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Ottawa and a former minister in the Quebec government. Allow me to read out the following remarks by him:
...guaranteeing Quebec a specific share of seats in the [House of] Commons, regardless of its share of the population, would clearly go beyond what Parliament can do on its own.
“That's a 7-50 amendment [of the Constitution]”....
Many other experts said the same thing.
I like Mr. Therrien, but I do not agree that we have that much leeway in a bill of the House of Commons or the Senate. He might have different views and I recognize that.