La Commission mettait à jour en ces termes le malentendu sur lequel était et est encore basée la crise canadienne, et je cite: «[ .] les anglophones dont beaucoup manifestaient de la bonne volonté [ .] ne comprenaient pas [ .] la tendance profonde de tant de Québécois vers une autonomie accrue et leur conviction grandissante que le Québec devient une nation distincte, maîtresse de ses institutions économiques et sociales».
The commission exposed in these terms the misunderstanding on which the Canadian crisis was based and is still based, and I quote: ``[-] English people, many of whom were showing good will [-]did not understand [-]the profound leanings of so many Quebecers towards an increased autonomy and their growing belief that Quebec would become a distinct nation ruling its economic and social institutions'.