Madam Speaker, we can spin it any way we want. The fact of the matter is that the people of British Columbia are asking the House to respect their wishes and hold a referendum. That is what they are asking. These kinds of arguments put forward by someone who obviously has not even read the agreement, much less knows much about what I am talking, is kind of sad. We in British Columbia are asking for a democratic right we believe we should have. All we are doing is asking the government to respect that in the vote tomorrow night.
In the House of Commons on November 22nd, 1999. See this statement in context.