Mr. Speaker, first of all, I invite the Prime Minister to read his own order before reading out his answers to questions in the House. It does not say that the provinces have a choice. It says that the federal government chooses where it will or will not take action.
Second, I invite members of the NDP to seriously reflect on this given the history of their party, which courageously opposed the War Measures Act in 1970.
Third, it is shameful to compare the use of the Canadian army in Quebec for humanitarian purposes to the Emergencies Act.
Does he realize that turning away—