QUEBEC – The new Leader of the Parti Québécois has vowed to introduce a third ‘maybe’ option in the event of an another referendum.
Jean-François Lisée promised that, in the event of a referendum, which is in the “very far-near future”, he would offer voters a ‘Peut-être’ option that would both count as a ‘yes’ and a ‘no’, but mostly as a vote validating the existence of the PQ.
With a recent poll indicating 82% of Quebecers believing that the province should stay in Canada, Lisée was confident in his lack of confidence in broaching the subject with voters and the raison d’être of the Parti Quebecois.
“I have always believed that Quebec should, at some time or another, when the conditions are right, with the will of sufficient voters, enter into sovereignty discussions which will possibly grant a degree of powers which will be perhaps discussed at a later time while maintaining a strong economic and political relationship with Canada,” announced Lisée.
The former provincial cabinet minister in the short-lived Marois government also insisted that he never supported the divisive Charter of Quebec Values except for all of the parts “that people liked.”
At press time, Lisée affirmed his oath as PQ Leader while placing one hand over the sacred wooden leg of Lucien Bouchard.
