Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the President of the Treasury Board. The Public Service Alliance of Canada recently conducted several talks, unsuccessful so far, aimed at reaching an agreement with the Government of Quebec on hiring 26,000 federal public servants now residing in the Outaouais, in the event Quebec separates from Canada.
Mr. Speaker, are these promises not rather unrealistic and liable to create false hopes, considering the obvious fact that this cannot be done, administratively speaking?