Thank you, Mr. Fortin.
In my opinion, it isn't up to me to say which legislation is more important.
I think it would be very inappropriate for me, in the absence of a question coming forward, to be declaring which laws would take precedence or how an individual law would be interpreted.
I am hyperaware of the importance and political sensitivity of this conversation in at least two Canadian provinces today. I don't want to do anything that will foment this conversation further, because I believe the removal of either Quebec or Alberta from the federation would be a social and economic disaster for which the country would never forgive itself.
My only interest here—and I wish to deploy every ounce of energy I have—is to make sure that we build a federation that works for Quebeckers, that works for Albertans and that works for every Canadian in this country. Every ounce of energy I dedicate to another item that is adjacent to this issue is an ounce of energy that is misplaced, in my view.