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The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others.

Sovereignty is not just at the national level; that's the mistake of Brexit that other people make.

We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the absolute national sovereignty of nations is no longer possible.

I think there really is no shortcut to sovereignty.

History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.

The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one's borders, of one's internal situation, and security against anyone attacking one's nation. That is the very heart of what I believe is sovereignty.

Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.

Sovereignty was not an issue in this campaign. The sovereignty numbers that were there before the campaign are still there. Sovereignty is as alive as it was. But there is work to do to convince Quebecers.