If the common front was still as solid as some would have believed, then how is it that you can blame its collapse on René Lévesque's accepting, at noon, a referendum which he formally refused only three hours later in the presence of the other provinces which were in agreement with him on this issue?
Si le front commun existait encore aussi solidement que certains essaient de le faire croire, comment peut-on en attribuer l'effondrement à l'acceptation, par René Lévesque, à midi, d'un référendum qu'à peine trois heures plus tard il refusait formellement en présence des autres provinces d'accord avec lui sur ce point?