I think it is fair to say that in many of the constitutional debates we have had in the country we might have been able to have had more intelligent debates, more constructive debates if people had been more aware of their history and more aware of the particular traditions out of which people were operating, out of which they were thinking, speaking and acting when they were participating in those debates.
Il est juste de dire qu'à l'occasion de nombre de débats constitutionnels que nous avons eu au Canada, nous aurions pu discuter de façon plus intelligente et plus constructive si les interlocuteurs avaient été au courant de leur histoire et plus au fait des traditions particulières qui les animaient, qui sous-tendaient leurs raisonnements, leurs propos et leurs actes respectifs.