Mr. Speaker, the biggest mistake the federal politicians made with respect to Charlottetown and Meech was that they tried to draft unity proposals themselves behind closed doors, by ministerial committees and by ministerial conferences. The Canadian people were shut out of the building process.
If we have learned anything from this referendum campaign it is that the federal government does not have a monopoly on brains or on patriotism. The Canadian people saved the referendum campaign and their voices should be heard in this post-referendum strategy.
Instead of following the traditional closed door approach to developing unity proposals, what is the government doing to bring the Canadian people into the development of its post referendum strategy?