Mr. Speaker, the separatists obviously keep shooting themselves in the foot these days.
This morning, we learned that the Quebec Minister of Finance now feels that outright independence is old fashioned. He just discovered that the Parti Quebecois' option is outdated. This is some discovery.
That same finance minister served under Jacques Parizeau, someone who pulled no punches when stating that Quebec's separation from the rest of Canada was something necessary. Bernard Landry also tried to downplay the polls indicating that separatism is on the wane.
In light of these developments, sovereignists should quickly hold another convention to find out if everyone is aiming in the same direction.