Mr. Speaker, on Friday, we saw the acrobatics of Gérald Larose, from Pro-démocratie, when he appeared before the committee on Bill C-20.
At the CSN, a union can only disaffiliate itself with the support of an absolute majority of the members paying dues, not a majority of those who vote. So, this is not the same as the famous 50% plus one rule, which they keep telling us about as if it were the only existing democratic rule.
When asked about this, Mr. Larose made the following leap of logic: a vote for Quebec sovereignty would be comparable to a union affiliation, not a disaffiliation. Separating from the Canada that we know would be equivalent to joining a renewed Canada. Therefore, 50% plus one would be enough.
Such illogical reasoning can only be based on one premise, which was stated by Mr. Larose. According to him, Quebec never joined Canada and is not part of it. The Bloc Quebecois should dissociate itself from such witnesses, who do not even recognize that Quebec is part of Canada.
When one denies reality, one can only be headed for a dead end.