Yes, it is a very academic debate. But let us come back to the case of Newfoundland. If we follow the minister's logic, we should be against this amendment because obviously members of the Pentecostal Church are opposed to this.
The issue to be resolved is whether this is a fundamental right or a less than fundamental right, and whether we can withdraw a right from a minority if it is a bit less fundamental than what we consider to be fundamental. But where can all this lead us?
I can understand the people who are concerned that the minister is making a judgment on the definition of what is fundamental by stating that appropriate support is required from the minorities, by trying to state what the debate should be in Newfoundland. I am sorry, but when he quoted the minister from Newfoundland, when he was asked the question directly, he always said that as far as he was concerned, 73% of the people had voted for the project. He never started with 32, 38, 27, with assumptions and everything else. He said that according to him the issue was the following: a public system or a denominational system, and the majority had expressed itself.
I invite the minister to be a bit more straightforward when dealing with the cases he is referring to, to be specific in his comments and to be careful not to be always obsessed with his idea of meeting the commitment that he had already taken before the referendum. We must remember that it is he who said that he wanted to make Quebec suffer. We can see by what he is doing today that he is applying what he said at that time.