Mr. Speaker, I am astonished that the member would dare talk about a consensus in Quebec, when the PQ branch here in this House is ignoring the fact that three-quarters of all Quebeckers do not want a referendum.
They are now saying “we will have a winning referendum”. The members on that side of the House have the gall to say that those Quebeckers who prefer interdependence with other Canadians are losers.
Is the only winning referendum one that is won by the PQ? In fact, a winning referendum is one in which Quebeckers express themselves freely, as they have done in the past.