Mr. Speaker, I believe that all of us would like to see that the constitutional issue is handled as a purely clinical matter; however, even though you are deliberating the legal part and the legalities of how we evolve as a country and as a territory within Canada, there are a lot of political considerations that are being put forward now. There is the issue of whether the country is going to stay together, and how many of the issues are going to be revolving around the aboriginal rights issues. A lot of the issues that are being discussed are very political and, unfortunately, many times when the political aspirations of people are to be integrated into the overall planning of Canada, there are a lot of borderlines. I believe it is very important for people to know how these political aspirations are being put forward. Oftentimes it is difficult to know, unless you are involved with the discussions. I believe the justice system has an ongoing requirement to track that in terms of what people are saying, how they are saying it and how it is having a total mix on the eventual outcome of those deliberations.

Mr. Speaker, we did consider the working of this House. We took into consideration that the ongoing support of just the legal advisor could be very well accommodating; however, in terms of the overall deliberations that are going on, I believe it is advantageous for Mr. Patterson to be at the meeting at this time since he has the legal responsibility for our system. Thank you.