Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.
In August 1987, Yves Fortier, now the federal government's counsel in the reference to the Supreme Court, stated in connection with the Constitution of 1982: “Politically, and I would go so far as to say morally, the Constitution Act, 1982, does not apply to Quebec”.
Is the Prime Minister aware that his spokesperson, the government's lawyer, that same Yves Fortier, is today saying precisely the opposite of what he was saying in August 1987?