Mr. Speaker, this minister assured the House that the PQ would lose the provincial election. He assured the House that the government would win the referendum by a strong majority. None of the things this government has assured us have come to pass.
This time, if it will not at least prepare its own position on the eventuality of another referendum, will it at least insist through a formal request that the Government of Quebec table its proposal for separation, its so-called sovereignty partnership, so that before a referendum all Canadians, including Quebecers, can judge the credibility of these proposals?