Mr. Speaker, the sovereignists want to give the separation option a new look. Big surprise, after the poor showing in the last election.
At least they got a well-known consultant, former premier Jacques Parizeau, the same Parizeau that lost the referendum.
But how else can they put it? There are only so many ways the sovereignists can say they want Quebec to separate from the rest of Canada.
I think what they want is a new bag of tricks. That is a favourite Parizeau strategy. But Quebeckers will not fall for Mr. Parizeau's all-too-familiar sleight-of-hand. They know him well. They know the option he favours, his objectives and his views on Quebec.
This is old hat. The separatists are coming up short in the imagination department these days.