Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for London-Middlesex for his speech. As he knows, no one should be more grateful for the opportunity to correct the mistake we made when we passed this bill last summer than the Minister of Justice.
On May 31 in addressing this motion the justice minister said: "We were much affected by the fact that even after the amendment there will still be denominational schools in Newfoundland and Labrador. They will still be constitutionally entrenched as an entitlement of the affected denominations-The government of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has also tabled draft legislation by which it would be provided that unidenominational schools may be created where numbers warrant and where the parents choose that for their children".
The justice minister seems to be suggesting that after passing the amendments to this motion there will still be a constitutional entitlement where numbers warrant. There seems to be a contradiction between the position of the government and the reality as we see it.
Could my friend from London-Middlesex comment on that and on whether the government has somehow misjudged the effects of the bill?