Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his excellent question. Sadly, I am forced to agree with him. We have been witnesses for a very long time—and I believe this sincerely—to a weakening of the Quebec state for the sake of promoting federalism.
Forgive me for not remembering the exact quote but, in our party, we all recall a federal minister saying, “We are going to hurt them. They will not vote for sovereignty”.