Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Reform Party. The hon. member mentioned earlier that in his opinion 53% was a fairly good turnout for a vote of this nature.
I asked the members for St. John's East and St. John's West earlier why they felt there was such a low turnout for such an important question. The response from the representatives from St. John's East and from St. John's West was that it was during the summertime, during the Cabot celebrations and many people felt that because there was unanimity by the members of the legislature in Newfoundland was the reason the turnout was low.
Does the hon. member honestly believe that 53%, under those circumstances during that time, is really a high turnout for such an important issue?