Mr. Speaker, I am seriously beginning to believe there is some truth to the old saying about not being able to see the forest for the trees. Or at least so we might think when we hear what Richard Le Hir, former PQ minister responsible for restructuring and propaganda, has been saying.
Mr. Le Hir stated that, after the last referendum defeat, Lucien Bouchard's PQ government can no longer legitimately promote its sovereignty plan. He said, and I quote: "The winners have the right to live without the threat of a gun being constantly held to their head".
This time, Richard Le Hir did not need a new series of studies and reports to understand where Quebec's real interest lies. All that was needed was for his PQ colleagues to cut down the tree to which he had chained himself.