Quebec in a tizzy over the Canadian flag on Journée des patriotes

Social media was on fire in Quebec this holiday weekend after the Canadian flag appeared in a notice posted at Caisses Populaire Desjardins branches.

Nationalists in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society may need to be reminded the Maple Leaf goes back to their organization, while the flag of the secular Quebec ‘nation’ honours religion and French colonialism, writes Andrew Caddell. Flickr photograph courtesy of Caribb

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

May 22, 2024

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I hope you, dear reader, had a good Victoria Day weekend. Here in Quebec, it was Journée nationale des patriotes, as it has been since 2003. And what better day to celebrate the rebels who fought the troops of the new Queen Victoria in the late ...

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