Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is proposing a package of change that reminds some of us of the Charlottetown accord, an accord which we emphatically rejected three years ago. He should not be surprised when British Columbia and Alberta, the two most populous and the two wealthiest provinces in the west, have rejected his offer.
How can the Prime Minister justify cobbling together a package which supposedly addresses the concerns of Quebec but which is seen as a slap in the face to Alberta and British Columbia?