How PM shored up Quebec caucus

Two MPs cried, one minister didn't have to resign

When Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced his decision in Conservative caucus to table a motion to recognize the Québécois as a nation, he rallied such emotional support from his Quebec MPs that two of them broke into tears, Tory MP Tom Lukiwski told The Hill Times.

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