Mr. Speaker, I want to draw the attention of the House to the fact that the Reform members were wrong when they said they could give a commitment that none of the opposition members would treat this as a confidence vote.
An official spokesman for the Conservative Party just said that he considers the matter to be a confidence vote. Let the record show what the hon. member said.
My hon. friend is asking an interesting hypothetical question, but I believe that when we vote on this next week the resolution will be defeated and the government's position and the position of the ten provinces and the two territories will be upheld.