Mr. Speaker, having a referendum would suggest very strongly that there has been no consultation.
As members well know, because we have been talking about this for a number of weeks, there have been over 500 public meetings on Nisga'a in British Columbia. Over 34 cities and towns in British Columbia had hearings in the last number of months. Tonight we will have a vote by parliamentarians who were elected by Canadians. I think that is good democratic process.