Mr. Speaker, what we want is the same thing the people of Quebec want, that is to say an orderly process to settle the challenge facing us. That orderly process is the primacy of the rule of law, the courts and the Constitution, and in the aftermath of a referendum we shall have the Constitution and an orderly process.
With the process the hon. member proposes, we will indeed have chaos, because a unilateral declaration of independence is irresponsible. On behalf of all Canadians, including the people of Quebec, we have chosen to refer these questions in order to clarify the underlying principle concerning the Canadian system.