Mr. Speaker, I never said that it would be approved by a nationwide referendum. But when I see that the provinces subscribe to what the House of Commons voted for last December, they recognize the reality of life in Canada; that in Quebec there is the French language, the French culture and a different system for citizens in law. It is in the Constitution.
As I said, in P.E.I. there is a guarantee that whatever the number citizens in P.E.I. there will always be four members of Parliament and they will always have four Senators. Some might say that is a special status for P.E.I. Yes, but it made that deal and we are respecting it. We are not saying that privileges have been given to P.E.I. because it guaranteed to give the House of Commons four good Liberal MPs.