Mr. Speaker, first the Constitution was on the agenda for the first ministers meeting in June, then it was off, and now it is back on. Canadians are not sure what to make of this constitutional game of ping-pong the Liberals are playing but it would help if the Prime Minister actually had a plan for national unity. It does seem a little bizarre that they are trying to sandwich serious constitutional negotiations between the morning doughnuts and the afternoon Beaujolais.
Will there be substantive discussions on the Constitution at the first ministers conference, or is this simply a cynical political ploy to avoid doing what has to be done in April 1997?