Mr. Speaker, if only we had some plan from the Prime Minister. The government is so far behind on this issue that it thinks it is first, but it has been lapped by the Canadian people.
The truth is that the government is navel gazing over distinct society and constitutional vetoes, ideas that went out of favour 30 years ago. Canadians know that the realignment of federal-provincial power is a major consideration that will help to bind the country together. Quebecers are not the problem. The regions are not the problem. Ottawa's government is the problem.
Since the provinces refused to meet with the Prime Minister to discuss constitutional change, will the federal government move now and promise to give back to the provinces those areas of jurisdiction which the Constitution states are theirs to administer?