Thank you, Madam Chair.
With regard to the amendment, as everyone knows, Quebec has made other requests in the past. It goes back quite a long way. So there is a tradition and a precedent when it comes to the powers of the Government of Quebec and the way it relates to federal government legislation. Clause 3.1 is perfectly in line with the tradition and the precedent, and reflects the Government of Quebec's experience with and requests to the federal government.
Then, if we look at other agreements between the federal government and the Government of Quebec, we see that the only province or territory of Canada that has ever asked for this kind of distinction to be made is Quebec. So it seems to me that Mr. Komarnicki's request concerning the other provinces is irrelevant. It does not seem to me to be respecting the intent of this amendment, far from it.
When lawmakers want to bring other provinces into the discussion, they mention the provinces and territories. Provinces and territories have come up nowhere in this discussion. That seems to me to be another argument supporting the fact that it has always been clear that this is to do with the powers of Quebec, not with all the provinces and territories individually.