I understand, Mr. Heppelle. Thank you.
I'd like to go back to the decision in the Mercure case because I naturally liked it. However, I would have preferred it if Mr. Justice La Forest had not given the legislatures the opting-out formula. The legislatures opted out with the benediction of Gil Rémillard, who went to tell them that was fine, that Quebeckers were in agreement.
What, in your opinion, was the consequence of those acts that enabled them to opt out of the decision in the Mercure case, in Alberta and in Saskatchewan? Did everything stay normal, like it was before, or were there cuts?