Mr. Speaker, I would like to appeal to all my fellow Canadians in Quebec who may be thinking of voting yes on October 30 as a way of protesting against the policies of this federal Liberal government, against this Prime Minister, against the corporate agenda, against the current constitutional impasse, whatever, to think again.
Governments and prime ministers come and go. What is in the interests of all of us and the world is that Canada remain and that progressive Canadians stand shoulder to shoulder in defence of social justice in the Canada we built together in the last 50 years.
We have been an example to the world. Let us not commit the sin of sowing despair when we should be sowing hope, for what hope is there for others who are not so richly blessed if Canadians cannot find a way to live together.
I have always believed that Canada has a mission to be a light to the nations and that Quebec in Canada was integral to that mission. The rest of Canada has not always nurtured that light but that light for the next few days is in the care and keeping of Quebecers alone. I appeal to them not to snuff it out.