Could the government please indicate: ( a ) whether representatives of the Quebec government have been or will be, accredited as diplomats within the Canadian embassy in Beijing; ( b ) whether one of those representatives has been, or will be, operating under the title of “chef de poste du Québec”; ( c ) the names of those representatives; ( d ) whether Quebec has representatives posted in other Canadian embassies; ( e ) whether Quebec representatives operating from Canadian embassies are permitted to distribute material promoting a separate Quebec and if not, what steps have been take to prevent such distribution; and ( f ) whether any provinces other than Quebec have provincial employees working with diplomatic status in Canadian embassies?
In the House of Commons on September 21st, 1998. See this statement in context.