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in an interview with journalists in 1964 and under the aegis of the canadian Confederation, Premier Jean Lesage demands rights for Quebec from the federal government.
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Redefining Relations between Quebec and Ottawa [Jean Lesage]: as for the Caucus, unanimity was absolute, obviously.
[Michel Roy]: Is it true Mr. Lesage that for a long time, the Confederation has never appeared to you to be so strongly threatened?
[JS]: I would not say, Mr. Roy that the Confederation is truly threatened, because I continue to be confident that the other provinces will understand the attitude of Quebec.
Unfortunately, it seems to me, although I cannot affirm it with certainty, but it seems to me that the populations of the other provinces and it is reported in the newspapers of the other provinces, that people are imagining that Quebec is asking for preferential treatment whereas you Mr. Roy and the gentlemen seated before me are well aware that such is not the case.
What we are asking for is fair treatment we want to be treated exactly the same way as the other provinces
But based on our beliefs, we are convinced that what we believe is respect of the Constitution in the other provinces, there may be another opinion of the way the Constitution should be interpreted
Description : in an interview with journalists in 1964 and under the aegis of the canadian Confederation, Premier Jean Lesage demands rights for Quebec from the federal government. and we, we have one that I think that everyone or almost everyone can agree upon and in the House in Quebec there is no division on questions of education in particular, we jealously guard the exclusive rights of the province
 
[Michel Roy]: But we have the feeling, Mr. Lesage, that since the conference in Ottawa, the Premiers do not seem to really understand what you have just explained.
And that Quebec's demands do not appear so clear, so just and so normal at least not to the Premiers who should normally and easily understand what you have just explained.
[JL]: I truly despair at this, because what I just told you I repeated during the conference in English and French I don't know how many times
We don't want more than the others, but for the love of God, save the Confederation and take steps to give us the same things that you offer the others
But based on methods that we consider constitutional that is our position and I think it perfectly reasonable
[?]: to depoliticise the questions of Lucien Langlois and Michel Roy, if it had to be done again, Mr. Premier would you again recommend as you did last year that Quebecers vote for Pearson ?
[JS]: I think, oh my God, [laughter from Jean Lesage and the journalists]
[JS]: I think that there could be nothing worse at the present time for Canada than a Diefenbaker government
[?]:Would it not weaken the federal government for the benefit of the provinces?
[JS]: Oh no, it would be an almost untenable situation, have you read the declarations of Mr. Phalou, have you read the declarations of Mr. Diefenbaker? which go much further than Mr. Pearson's criticism of my attitudes and that suggest that I am unreasonable...