Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
When we asked the Prime Minister about the sometimes odd approaches the provinces took in consulting on the Calgary declaration, he said it was not his concern and they could choose how they went about it.
What explanation does the minister have for the Prime Minister's statement on the weekend that the parliamentary commission established by the Government of Quebec was nothing more than a trap for Jean Charest? Are we to understand that the federal government has suddenly decided that what the Government of Quebec does is of concern?