Today the Bloc Quebecois leader said he would accept the motion on a 'nation within a nation.'
"Down the road, he said, the motion might help Quebec gain international recognition after a sovereinity referendum. The declaration might also be a springboard to demand new power."
"What's important is that the nation is recognized and it is on that basis that we will demand the government be accountable because it must mean something," Duceppe told reporters on Ottawa."" Les Pereaux, Canadian Press.