Quebeckers Want Maple Leaf

From The Globe and Mail:
"Quebec town waves the flag for Canada’s Maple Leaf"

When crowds of Quebeckers rally around a flag, it’s typically to wave the province’s cherished fleur-de-lis. But residents of one small Quebec town have been galvanized by a battle over the Canadian Maple Leaf. More than 100 residents packed the council chambers this week in Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, pop. 3,200, to demand the town’s mayor restore the Canadian flag that was removed from the chamber. The flag was taken down shortly after Claude Boucher, a former Parti Québécois MNA, was elected mayor in 2009. After a failed effort to get it restored last year, residents began a grassroots movement that grew into a stormy gathering at the town council’s room on Monday night. So many showed up that crowds spilled into the hallway and outdoors. Flags are potent political symbols in Quebec and it’s rare to see emotional displays over Canada’s. Polls suggest that while voters in the province still identify themselves as Quebeckers first, a majority are proud of Canadian symbols like the flag, the anthem and the army. “As far as I know Quebec hasn’t separated yet. I ask that the mayor respect that,” said Mr. Larochelle, speaking in the community 145 kilometres east of Montreal.

^ I think this shows how French Quebeckers are finally starting to realize that Quebec needs Canada just as much as Canada needs Quebec. If Quebec ever officially leaves Canada - which is unlikely in the near-future as most polls show support for remaining within Canada - then the Canadian flag would not be required to be flown, but as long as Quebec is part of Canada then it should fly alongside the Quebec Provincial flag. It seems that some people (in this case the mayor of the town) just likes to cause trouble over senseless issues rather than bring attention to real problems that need to be fixed (like unemployment, education, health care, etc.) ^

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-town-waves-the-flag-for-canadas-maple-leaf/article2231401/