Québécois nation motion

The Québécois nation motion was a parliamentary motion tabled by Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper on November 22, 2006, and approved by the House of Commons of Canada on November 27. It was approved 265–16 with supporters in every party in the Commons. The English motion read:

That this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada."

and, in French, read:

Que cette Chambre reconnaisse que les Québécoises et les Québécois forment une nation au sein d'un Canada uni."