Stephane Dion on Canadian Unity (en francais)

This is pretty rich coming from Dion as a Liberal. Notwithstanding the fact that they are directly responsible for the recent surge of the BQ in Quebec, a Quebec Liberal certainly shouldn't be lecturing the rest of Canadians on this issue. The Liberals and BQ are mutual parasites in Quebec, feeding off each other. The Liberals wrap themselves in the flag and campaign as the only federalist party capable of holding Canada together, while the BQ campaign as the only party to stand up for Quebec. Without each other, both parties would be in serious trouble in Quebec. If Mario Dumont ever decides to start running ADQ candidates federally, there would be some interesting results in Quebec.

My question for Dion, if you believe in a fairer Canada, why won't the federal government give New Brunswick the same childcare deal that it just signed with Quebec? The feds have been trashing Lord for weeks now for failing to sign a deal under their terms. Then this, and Premier Lord's response. Who's fueling unity issues?

Nothing can justify secession in Canada
Stéphane Dion says it is time to stop treating all problems as unity issues

...If the Canadian political class continues to portray Canada as a fragile country, a loose union, always close to disintegration at the first difficulty, how can we hope that the separatist debate will end in Quebec? There will always be some disagreement down the road, some source of frustration that the separatist movement will describe as the "new" proof that Canada does not work. And what will be the counterargument? To find an agreement that proves Canada works — at least until the next disagreement? That is a never-ending cycle

One of the worst examples that I have seen about how separatism is trivialized occurred during the last federal election when I discovered that some NDP candidates in Quebec were acknowledged separatists. Today, I ask NDP leader Jack Layton to declare that from now on a commitment to Canadian unity is a sine qua non condition to be an NDP candidate. This is the minimal respect a national leader owes to Canada.