Lucien Bouchard is convinced that sovereignty is the solution for Quebec

He spoke on Wednesday on the sidelines of the unveiling of the statue of Prime Minister Jacques Parizeau, behind the National Assembly.

In a scrum after the ceremony, he admitted that the former party he led, the Parti Québécois, was in a difficult position a few months before the election.

The QP is late, according to polls. The Liberal Party and Québec solidaire would have been better, but the Coalition avenir Québec seems to be dominant.

It is clearly not going well QPwe agree with that, but the other parties are not doing well eitherhe commented, and added that the parties were replaceable vehicles, which lasts as long as it serves.

Sovereignty remains with him a need which should probably be at the moment evaluation for transform into other projectsin his words.

” [La souveraineté] still topical because it is at the heart of a large number of Quebecers, but not the majority. He is with me too. I am convinced this is the solution. “

For example, he wants to endless debate including Ottawa on several issues.

Quebec’s state governance is all becoming a problem because of its very difficult, probably impossible, relations with the federal government as it thinks.

However, he admitted that enthusiasm for sovereignty was not like it was in the 1970s or 1990s.

The one leader of QP and the prime minister from 1996 to 2001 was a supporter of the observance of a winning referendum at that time and excluded the holding of another popular consultation that could lead to another setback, after a tough and heartbreaking defeat in 1995. He drew a parallel between yesterday and today.

We still have a lot of support [à l’époque]but I thought a referendum would be lost. […] We can understand that no one is thinking of holding a referendum tomorrow. For now, I believe that is more unlikely.