Mr. Speaker, four out of five parties agreed on Charlottetown and look what happened to it. The government is alienating the people of British Columbia on every front. It taxes them to death. It has mismanaged the west coast fishery. It has bungled the people smuggling problem in British Columbia. Now it is imposing a 19th century race based treaty on the people of that province.
If the Prime Minister really believes that this treaty is in the best interests of the people of British Columbia, why does he not allow them to have a say through a province-wide referendum?