» Afin de déterminer tout cela, il faut revenir en arrière et examiner ce que le mot indépendance signifiait dans l'esprit de ceux qui, dans les années 1860, débattaient de ce qui allait devenir l'Acte de l'Amérique du Nord britannique, et de ceux qui discutaient de questions semblables concernant cette institution qui a été remplacée par le Sénat.
To determine that, one has to go back and examine what was meant by independence in the minds of those who were discussing what would become the British North America Act, when they were debating it in the 1860s; and not only that, but those who were discussing similar issues for the prior institution that was replaced by the Senate.