Mr. Speaker, I want to continue to pursue the same issue that has been raised by my colleagues. Specifically, the only power that has been asked about up to now is citizenship. However, the member knows full well that in the Nisga'a treaty there is provision for overriding power, a power superior to that held by the provinces and this government with respect to, for example, fisheries, wildlife, adoption, culture and language, expropriation powers, health services, family services and education. By any definition that is a country. Again I would ask the hon. member, why is it more acceptable or equally acceptable to have a mini-state within Canada than it would be to have Quebec as a macro-state beside Canada?
In the House of Commons on June 3rd, 1999. See this statement in context.