The starting point for many, many people in ROC land is ''My Canada doesn't include Quebec''. French is labeled a ''foreign language'' in universities across the country.  Couillard should be aware of this, it means his effort has a strong chance of failure. Also, the Trudeau Liberal  government is unlikely to adopt Harper's ''Quebec nation'' motion, or modify the constitution,. because they don't want to convert to conservative ideology, since they're Liberals, not Conservatives.

The Quebec Provincial Liberals are always the first to propose constitutional negotiations, while the Parti Québécois always benefits from the inevitable failure of the Quebec Provincial Liberals. It has happened many times before (think Meech, Charlottetown).  

In Canadian constitutional debates, aboriginals and immigrants are typically used as ''props'' by ROC to ward off Quebec nationalists. It's pretty pathetic because First Nations and others deserve better than to be treated as props against Quebec.