Mr. Speaker, during a press conference held at the end of the first day of the Parti Quebecois' caucus meeting, the Quebec premier stated that what the Martin budget says is that we will be pretty nice to you this year and that way we can be sure that you will be gullible enough to vote no. This statement is totally unacceptable.
By expressing himself in this way, Quebec's premier really shows how much he respects those who do not share his opinion. This deplorable comment is but one in a slew of pitiful and bigoted things that many separatist spokespersons have been saying recently.
After spending millions of dollars to give Quebecers a say in their future, with that statement alone, the premier totally negated the process's basis.
We are therefore obliged to state that separatists in Quebec only respect people who agree with them.