Mr. Speaker, as I told the House last week, the litigation before the court has become of interest because of the position taken by the Government of Quebec. Simply stated, it is that neither the courts nor the Constitution of Canada can have any relevance to a declaration by Quebec of its sovereignty. That proposition of course is profoundly wrong.
It is the question of whether the federal attorney general can assist the court in dealing with it that has attracted our attention. We are considering our position in relation to intervention. No decision has yet been made, but that is the reason we are considering it.