Il constitue la juste reconnaissance de la spécificité d'une population, celle du Québec, qui se distingue par sa langue, sa culture et des institutions qui lui sont propres, d'autant plus que le Québec est effectivement l'une des deux nations fondatrices de ce pays, le Canada.
It constitutes the fair recognition of the specificity of a people, the people of Quebec, which is distinguished by its language, its culture and its own institutions, and the fact that Quebec is indeed one of the two founding nations of this country, Canada.