Madam Speaker, I thought I had made it clear that the Government of British Columbia has to assume some of the responsibility. It has denied the people of B.C. a vote.
It is not the federal government that would be imposing a referendum. It is the people of British Columbia who are asking for it to be held. They have asked it of the provincial government which has turned its back on the people of the province. The people of the province ask whomever.
If the province of British Columbia will change its mind and allow a referendum, then so be it. However, if the provincial government still refuses, then the people of British Columbia are asking the federal government to step in and hold a referendum.