Mr. Speaker, what is obvious is it seems the Prime Minister is trying to change his well deserved reputation of "don't just do something but stand there". It is also painfully obvious that this government will be presenting the premiers with constitutional proposals that have not had any public input.
The Prime Minister's so-called plans for national unity are supposedly contained within the speech from the throne, but the throne speech also promises public input. If next week's constitutional negotiations are going to be more than a political photo-op, where is the public input? What happened to the Canadian people?