I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.

To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions.

We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays.

I know Quebecers don't want to relive old battles; they prefer to build for the future.

We now know that unity, the cornerstone of Canada's greatness and prosperity, is above all a matter of emotion and reason for every citizen.

Religion gets in the way of morality.

For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation.