Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition seems to be a bit agitated for a Monday morning. The reality is that the Government of Canada, my office, took the position that we were proceeding, not only within a constitutional manner, but on the considered learned advice of two former Supreme Court justices and the foremost legal expert in the country when it comes to our constitution.
We were also acting on the advice of a parliamentary committee that had provided a list from which we were acting.