Mr. Speaker, I did indicate in my comments that indeed there was much speculation. In fact, there was a witness who came and presented the report that the member refers to. Again, that is not proof positive, and that is the point that I was making.
It is an extrapolation from the official figures that were reported in the referendum and it is taken by riding-riding. This individual's credentials I do not quarrel with, but again it is an extrapolation, it is an estimate, it is not proof positive.
That was my point, that no one can say for certain, with 100% certainty if the original proposal that Premier Clyde Wells at the time had put forward in identifying the ballots: a Pentecostal voter gets a green ballot, a Roman Catholic voter gets a red ballot—if that system had been used, if that system had been acceptable to the leaders of the various denominations, then we would have more certainty.
The point still remains that even if the Pentecostal community did not vote for it, it is not a question of a minority right, in my estimation, because they would be the only ones with the denominational rights left. The same report indicated I think that the Roman Catholics had voted 61% or something in favour, again an extrapolation. There is no certainty, but the same method was used to determine it.
Even if we know for certain that the Pentecostals did not support it, I think this amendment should still go forward, the whole scheme. I do not think they are a minority in the traditional minority/majority right, but the whole scheme of denominational schools in Newfoundland and Labrador would no longer be applicable with only one of the original seven denominations still having rights.