That is a lot, thank you. Listen, we are caught in a confrontation dynamic. The time for negotiation is over. The federal government as well as the sovereigntists want to settle the question once and for all, they want to put the question to Quebecers. I believe that it is fundamental that they do it. I was among those Quebec nationalists who believed in the "beau risque", the risk worth taking, who where criticized by people like the parliamentary secretary-I know, I cannot say who has now returned-but who were also criticized for their stand on the Meech Lake Accord. An agreement was possible, as if it was always-
In the House of Commons on June 2nd, 1994. See this statement in context.