The two Liberals in question, Jean-Claude Rivest, recently appointed to the Senate, and Claude Forget, former Liberal minister in the Quebec government, both dis
tinguished and well known Liberals, said that the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada was preparing a major administrative and tax reform in Canada (1745) Mr. Rivest added that, in his opinion, there was nothing to fear at the constitutional level but the same could not be said at the fiscal level; there is an opportunity for initiatives, wh
...[+++]ether constitutional or not, that could change the rules of the game one way or the other.
Ces deux libéraux, M. Jean-Claude Rivest, aujourd'hui sénateur, et M. Claude Forget, ancien ministre libéral du gouvernement du Québec, deux éminents et notoires libéraux qui disent, en parlant du ministre des Affaires intergouvernementales et président du Conseil privé: « .prépare une réforme administrative et fiscale d'envergure pour le Canada» (1745) M. Rivest a repris: «Il n'y a pas de danger sur le plan constitutionnel, mais cependant, il y a un danger réel, à mon avis, du côté financier.