Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to clarify yet again, as I did yesterday, the position of the federal government in relation to the ongoing reference before the supreme court.
I want to quote from a statement of clarification that I issued yesterday in case anyone was under any misunderstanding as to where the government stands.
I will quote “The federal government's position is set out in our factum and our reply and was repeated in court on Monday. The federal position is that the constitution applies, and I fully support this position”.