Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

In this article, Mr. Ryan said: ''By wanting to make the federal Parliament the judge on the clarity of the question and the referendum result, in contradiction with the prerogatives of the national assembly, the Chrtien government is violating the same principles he is claiming to defend, those of federalism and democracy''[...]

Choose your answer from: A. Yes; B. It's impossible to say; C. No;
Hypothesis: The Chrtien government is contradicting itself
A.