Mr. Speaker, today the supreme court begins its hearings into whether Quebec can secede unilaterally under Canadian or international law.
The separatists and some muddle-headed federalists are saying that it is the democratic will of Quebeckers that needs to be respected, not the rule of law. The reality is that both have to be respected.
Why has the Prime Minister failed to make it crystal clear to Quebeckers, including his federalist allies in Quebec, that it is both the law and democratic consent that need to be respected?