Mr. Speaker, my question was not about hypothetical remarks, but about remarks the Prime Minister took the time to write. I imagine it was he who wrote his book. It was before 1985, well before the Bélanger-Campeau Commission, well before Meech and all that. I am asking the Prime Minister how he can justify changing his mind on such a basic question, when he stated before the Bélanger-Campeau Commission, in 1990-1991 I would remind you, and I quote: "I am a democrat, and I said so in 1980. Had we not recognized that Quebec could decide to separate, we would have acted differently".
Why is he not saying the same thing today? Are the years eroding logic?