Mr. Speaker, is a vote for the PQ on November 30 a vote for a referendum?
The Bloc Quebecois leader was saying very clearly that this was the case.
The member for Rimouski—Mitis had a bit more to say on the subject a few days later, pointing out that the referendum should be held by 2001.
However, the Premier of Quebec took the wind out of the sails of the true sovereignists by saying that the timing of the referendum would depend on the presence of the winning conditions. He thus discouraged all those who had hoped for a referendum in the next mandate, as had initially been the choice of the militant PQ members in a general council vote.
And the truth? On November 30, it is clear: a vote for the PQ is a vote for a referendum.