Mr. Speaker, I think if my friend were to look at what the court actually considered and decided, it was whether or not it was improper to conduct a second referendum. That was the issue. The court did not go into any of the allegations regarding process or perversion of process that were made by some band members simply because the court did not have the jurisdiction to do so.
In turning to whether it was legal or proper for a second referendum to be conducted, I suppose we have seen cases where governments that disagree with a popular vote in a referendum, not only in Canada but in other jurisdictions, continue to bring the same question back to the people until such time as they get the answer they want. Whether that is illegal is one question. Whether it is moral is quite another question.
I think if the parliamentary secretary checks his facts, he will find out that that was the only issue the court was ruling on. It was not going into the allegations of vote buying or any of the other concerns that were raised with regard to irregularities in the referendum process.