Mr. Speaker, I thank the leader of the Reform Party for his question. I said in my speech that we saw, in 1982, that the rule of law is the rule of law of Canada and not of Quebec. Quebec was not asked whether it accepted the Constitution of 1982. All parties in Quebec, both federalist and sovereignist, never accepted that Constitution.
I would have liked to see how, for example, the leader of the Reform Party would have reacted if, in 1982, the Constitution had been patriated without Alberta's consent. Let us think about that for two minutes. I am convinced that the leader of the Reform Party would have denounced this unilateral action. Federalists have been coming here since 1867 to support unilateral actions, always to Quebec's detriment. We have seen them at work.
Now, today, I am being asked whether, in a new Quebec, the rule of law would prevail. The answer is yes, and it will be a true rule of law, not a hypocritical one, like the federalists who knowingly violated Quebec's referendum law at their “love-in” on the eve of the referendum on October 30, 1995.
They came and told us: “we love you”, while as the same time violating the very principles of the referendum law. “We love you” in French, in English, in multicultural, in all languages. They cannot even speak French in Nagano. We have had enough of this hypocritical rhetoric, Mr. Speaker.