Mr. Speaker, even though there are no partisan signs on it, last night vandals spray painted the No slogan on my home. Unfortunately, it seems that I am not the only victim of this type of rather excessive argument from frenzied partisans. There is no question that acts like the one committed on my property are a direct result of the excessive and intolerant comments we have heard in the past few days from spokespersons for the federalist side.
The comments by Garcia, Maciocia and others, who talk of treason and of crushing their opponents, have no place in a civilized and democratic debate. It is high time, before the referendum campaign turns sour, for Daniel Johnson to show courage by calling his spokespersons to order and clearly dissociating himself from their comments and provocative gestures. Since the Prime Minister allowed himself to say: "They will get clobbered", it is obvious that some of his supporters are taking him literally.