They have no respect whatsoever for the partnership forged throughout our common history. These people are in a state of total disarray and they want to hide it with shouts and insults. They deny that the rest of Canada has any interest in the issue. For them, the approach is unilateral “Hello, thank you, we are leaving”. Even separatist Quebecers have no right to do that.
In the House of Commons on February 17th, 2000. See this statement in context.