Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Deputy Prime Minister.
In response to the draft bill tabled by the Government of Quebec yesterday, the Deputy Prime Minister stated, and I quote:
"We do not intend to play that game. We intend to ask the people of Quebec a very clear question: Do you want to stay with Canada or do you want to separate?"
By saying this, she implied that the federal government might again conduct its own referendum to ask Quebecers to decide on their political future.
Could the Deputy Prime Minister tell us whether her government still intends to conduct its own referendum on the sovereignty of Quebec, thus bypassing the National Assembly?