Mr. Speaker, perhaps the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons should visit Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean. He would find out that people certainly are talking about building a country, the country of Quebec.
I have even more suggestions for the “no” side. The federal government could respect Quebec laws, such as state secularism and the Charter of the French Language. It could fight the decline of French in Quebec instead of funding anglicization. It could transfer immigration powers to Quebec. It could stop meddling in areas under Quebec's jurisdiction. The list goes on and on. We have been having the same problem since the 1980s. Nothing has changed.
Does anyone really think that any of this is going to change today?