Finally, I would like to say a word about the future of Canada, because this whole process is part of a vast operation. This is not our saying; it was reported in Le Journal de Montréal on March 30, 1995, that two Liberals were fearing a fiscal attack against Quebec. The two Liberals in question, Jean-Claude Rivest, recently appointed to the Senate, and Claude Forget, former Liberal minister in the Quebec government, both distinguished and well known Liberals, said that the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada was preparing a major administrative and tax reform in Canada.
Mr. Rivest added that, in his opinion, there was nothing to fear at the constitutional level but the same could not be said at the fiscal level; there is an opportunity for initiatives, whether constitutional or not, that could change the rules of the game one way or the other. That is was is happening.
So, on the eve of this historic public consultation in Quebec, I hope that, in the Canada of the future, as it now appears, Quebecers will make the right decision.