All right, separate. It is true, after all. But with all this, they want a Canadian passport. A big cheer for the Canadian passport. They want the Canadian currency. A big cheer for the Canadian currency. They want all the other benefits. They want to be part of the trade agreements negotiated by Canada on behalf of us all. A big cheer for our trade agreements that we managed to negotiate so well. Do you know the best way to keep all these benefits? It is to stay within Canada. It is as simple as that.
Of course, life could be better in this country, but compared to what? Residents of other countries of the world would do anything to be able to come here to Canada. Why? Because they know it is the best country in the world.
Everyone knows that, including the members across the way. They know the truth. They know what it is like.
Today, they do not have the courage to put the real question to the people in their province. They know that, in the last provincial election, separatists only got about 0.5 per cent more votes than the opposition, although quite a few federalists voted for them. What does it mean? It means that close to two thirds of Quebecers are against separation; at least 60 per cent of them are against what is called sovereignty because the people across the way do not have the courage to call a spade a spade. We know all this, so do Quebecers.
Why is it that all the Quebec organizations which voiced their opinion in the last few days condemned the initiative taken by the head of the Quebec government? Why did so many of them condemn it? One of my colleagues is going to list many of these groups. They condemn it because they know that these consultations are a sham. They know that the consultation process is pure make-believe and that the results are predetermined.
Let us look at the draft bill. It states that Quebec is a sovereign country.