Madam Speaker, I have here an article from the Canadian Press in which we read that “Mr. Ryan felt that, by making a decision on the clarity of a referendum question, the federal government would, to say the least, interfere directly with the drafting of the question. He added that this attitude was not real federalism but a trusteeship system. Such a system, he said, if not contrary to the federal government's responsibility should—”
In the House of Commons on February 24th, 2000. See this statement in context.