Mr. Speaker, he said that he did not want to have anything to do with it and that he wanted his MPs to express their own views. Is he telling us that nobody from his office or the whip's office communicated to the MPs at all in terms of telling them to vote against the majority of their constituents last night? Yes or no. He had nothing to do, the whip had nothing to do and nobody told MPs how to vote. Is that true?
In the House of Commons on April 5th, 2001. See this statement in context.