Mr. Speaker, I must admit that the minister has a vivid imagination. He said that his committee's mandate was to review all the options in order to honour the Prime Minister's referendum promises, because the Prime Minister did make promises. But the Prime Minister is now turning his back on constitutional change. This is a remake of 1980, an old movie that we have seen before, but we have since gained 10 per cent. Soon we will gain even more in less time.
In this context, can the minister tell us what the phoney committee still has as a mandate? Should he not dismantle it instead, since the Prime Minister has decided as usual not to offer Quebec anything?