Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate I am actually speaking of a referendum at election time which of course defrays the cost.
The National Referendum Act covers more than constitutional matters. Surely the Prime Minister must have known that when he pushed the Right Hon. Joe Clark in a letter dated November 12, 1991 and I quote: "to give the federal government the power to hold a referendum".
Why is he then denying to the people of Canada that right on this special issue similar to the Constitution?