Mr. Speaker, the spokespersons for the sovereignty commissions are increasingly confusing Quebecers.
Mrs. Monique Vézina, chair of the seniors' commission, stated in Hull last Thursday that the federal government would continue to pay pension benefits to federal public servants after Quebec's independence.
That statement contradicts what the question and answers manual for perfect sovereignists says. On page 23 of the separatist booklet it says that the Quebec government, not the federal government, will clearly promise to acknowledge the vested rights of federal employees from Quebec, including their accumulated rights to a pension.
Today, federal public servants from the Quebec side of the Outaouais region are left wondering whether the many contradictory promises they have been made will ultimately be worth anything.
It is the duty of the PQ and the Bloc to tell federal public servants from Quebec the truth.