Mr. Speaker, I am not sure I understood my colleague's question.
I am not sure what to answer, but I am wondering how the member can claim that the provincial governments were consulted when the provinces are saying they were not. Where was he? Was he hiding in the closet watching as the federal government consulted the provincial governments?
The member can say whatever he wants, but the fact is that the act was invoked without the consent of seven of the provinces. I am saying that—