Madam Speaker, Canadians are interested in democracy in constitutional matters when they outnumber the minority nine to one.
We saw this in 1982. We saw it in 1867, when it was pretty much everyone against Quebec, and we saw it in the previous constitutions, when it was the monarchy against us.
Yes, Quebeckers are a minority. I think that Quebec should be sovereign, and that would be much better for everyone.
Nonetheless, the notwithstanding clause can be used in a very healthy way, and its use, by definition, is preventive. What we are doing today is making sure that everyone can read a definition. Evidently, that is not always the case.