Mr. Speaker, we will all agree that it is a purely hypothetical question.
We only have to look at the Liberals opposite; they are petrified at the thought that these issues might be raised in the House. The track record of the Liberals, the federal government, the federal system and the efforts made to renew the Canadian Constitution and federalism has consistently been dismal.
I will be frank with the the member; I would have been delighted by such an offer when I was a federal minister and I would certainly have accepted it since I was ready to accept the Meech Lake accord, which did not even go that far. But, since we could not have the absolute minimum, we will never have the maximum. We will not settle for anything less than Quebec's sovereignty .