Mr. Speaker, this past weekend, the media reported that, according to the Equality Party leader, Ottawa should take every necessary measure to keep Quebec from becoming a sovereign state, including an intervention of the army, even following a referendum vote in favour of sovereignty.
We join together to denounce these shameful, irresponsible and anti-democratic comments.
The right of Quebec to self-determination is no longer an issue, nor is the peaceful, legitimate, legal and democratic character of each stage leading our province to sovereignty.
We expect each and every member of this House to make sure he or she joins us now in denouncing firmly this attitude which
goes totally against one of Canada's most profoundly respected values, the respect for democracy.