Mr. Speaker, as we said before, we intend to respect the spirit of the referendum act. There is certainly no doubt about that.
The referendum campaign has yet to begin, and I must say there are some very clear signs, because I have here a list of referendum-related expenditures by the Parti Quebecois, including, for instance, what they sent in the way of propaganda to every household in Quebec, which cost $1.5 million; the advertising campaign targeted to cultural communities, which cost $1.2 million; and the commissions on the future of Quebec, which cost $7.5 million.
Since the Government of Quebec used taxpayers money to make these pre-referendum expenditures, it should look at the beam in its own eye instead of the mote in ours.