Mr. Speaker, I would like to tell my very dear colleagues, who will have the opportunity to correct me, that they may be better than me at history, but it was always one of my favourite subjects at school.
In 1970, a few months before the crisis, a provincial election took place. This could explain why, being in a situation he did not know how to resolve, Robert Bourassa asked for help. As for Jean Drapeau, he was heading into an election a few weeks later, which could explain why he chose to do what he did.
I was always told that as a school principal, I should never blame somebody else when I am the one in charge and I am responsible for what I sign.
What does my colleague think of that? No matter what happened at the provincial or municipal level, the decision and the responsibility lie with Pierre Elliott Trudeau, do they not?