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This passage also refers to the voting patterns, where the "61% in favour" refers to the francophone vote. While Parizeau was mostly chastised for excluding anglophones and allophones from his definition of nous (us), he was critical of the split in the francophone vote in this passage. In a way he was saying that everyone was responsible for the defeat.
After having lost the referendum and facing public outcry for his remarks, Jacques Parizeau resigned, saying that he always had the intention to resign if he were to lose his referendum.