This has nothing to do with separatism. The minister is just babbling away.
Why seek to do great things, at a great cost, when we know very well that we cannot afford them? Let us be modest. That is what Canadians and Quebecers will ask: that we be modest in the decisions we make now.
Yes, we must go, to honour our commitments to NATO. But let us participate according to our means. This really has to be said.