When an agreement of this nature was being negotiated, the governments of the day, both governments-because I hold the Government of British Columbia equally responsible-should have understood from the very beginning that if they wanted it accepted by the people of British Columbia they had to include the people of British Columbia in the negotiations so that there would be an acceptance level there.
The British Columbia people accept the government negotiations, as they include them.
This states opposite of what has happened, but the agent found the wording of text difficult to determine.