Mr. Speaker, most of the quotes attributed this week to the Prime Minister have come from his book, an interesting book worth reading.
In Le Droit on April 8, 1982, the present Prime Minister, Minister of Justice at that time, was quoted as saying he was not in the least surprised and was very pleased that the Quebec appeal court judges had been unanimous in rejecting Quebec's claim of entitlement to a veto.
My question is directed to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. How could Quebecers today trust a Prime Minister who says that no constitutional change affecting Quebec's powers will be made without the consent of the people of Quebec, when that same man stated in 1982 that he was not in the least surprised and was very pleased that the Quebec appeal court judges had been unanimous in rejecting Quebec's claim of entitlement to a veto?