Mr. Speaker, the facts are simply that we negotiated an agreement on social matters with the Government of France. The Government of Quebec absolutely refused to be part of any consultation in arriving at the accord.
The French government said clearly that any agreement between a province and the Government of France must come under that accord, and the Quebec government refuses to have it come under that accord.
Frankly the Government of Quebec is simply trying to make another case, another argument for separatism, when it does not apply because it is a province of Canada.