In our late colleague's opinion, Quebec's refusal to sign the Victoria Charter was the biggest mistake ever made by that province. It is quite possible that, had it not been for this refusal, Senator Beaudoin might not have become such an expert on Canadian constitutional law.
Pour notre défunt collègue, le refus du Québec de signer la Charte de Victoria constituait la plus grande erreur commise par celui-ci; il y a fort à parier que sans ce refus, le sénateur Beaudoin ne serait peut-être pas devenu cet auteur incontournable du droit constitutionnel canadien.