'Nationalist candidates are welcome in the Paul Martin team.'

The strutting bantam in epaulets has spoken. UPDATE: And here is the account of the press conference. Money quote:

Prime Minister Paul Martin's Quebec lieutenant [as he describes himself in his own press release] appeared at a news conference with seven Liberal candidates, all former separatists, saying he hopes they can take votes away from the Bloc Quebecois in the next federal election. "It's great news that all these nationalists are coming back into the Liberal fold, into the federalist fold."

In that order.