Mr. Speaker, after counting on the eventual demise of the elderly to increase support for the separatist cause, Quebec's minister of state for economy and finance, Bernard Landry, has now chosen as his target the vote of immigrants to Quebec.
Bernard Landry is well known to the cultural communities. In September 1998 his comments on the majority required in any future referendum stirred up a great deal of controversy.
Great democrat that he is, Bernard Landry did not beat around the bush at all in trying to discredit the vote of the cultural communities on the separation of Quebec. Here is what he said: “Everyone is well aware that the bar is being set too high. It is like giving a veto power to our compatriots, our brothers and sisters of the cultural communities, over our national project.”
Once again, Bernard Landry is sowing the seeds of division within Quebec.