Mr. Speaker, we have noticed that the bill introduced by the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs does not mention any threshold for determining a majority below which the federal government will unilaterally refuse to negotiate with Quebec, for the good reason that such a threshold could be challenged in the courts. No threshold is up to such a challenge before a referendum is held.
How can the minister think that setting a threshold after a referendum in Quebec would be any less likely to be challenged in the courts?