Mr. Speaker, the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec must be starting to wonder what he is doing in Quebec's separatist coalition. In today's Le Soleil published in Quebec City, we read that half the executive of Mario Dumont's riding association intend to vote No in the next referendum.
Members of the association are deeply divided on the policies of their party, and some, including Rémi Dumont, and I quote, "are disappointed in the ADQ's decision to vote for sovereignty". Rémi Dumont added that he would work for the No side.
This development, which is astonishing to say the least, should remind the ADQ's young leader that the Quebecers who supported him in the last election may want more powers for Quebec, but they want those powers within a united Canada.