(Quebec) Parti Québécois (PQ) MP Pascal Bérubé wants the Quebec flag to be displayed in every classroom in the province, in all places of memory linked to history, such as on the Plains of Abraham, and that elected officials have a reserve of flags that they could distribute to citizens who request them.
Mr. Bérubé tabled Bill 792 at the Salon Bleu on Thursday aimed at increasing the presence of the Quebec flag and which would mandate the government to organize a “public ceremony celebrating Flag Day” in each regional county municipality. every January 21.
The PQ bill also plans to modify the Regulation on the flag of Quebec “so that the flag of Quebec is displayed on each building located in Quebec occupied by a federal institution, in each historic site and in each national park located in Quebec as well as than in each municipal park.
“Whether we think of the Forges du Saint-Maurice, the Carillon barracks or of course the Plains of Abraham, these are all places of very high importance for the collective memory of Quebecers. We are proposing that all these places, as well as classrooms, display the Quebec flag, it is a question of respect for our nation,” declared Mr. Bérubé in a press release.
“The bill also modifies this regulation so that the flag of Quebec is displayed on the building where the constituency premises of a member of the National Assembly or a member of the House of Commons representing a constituency are located. electoral law of Quebec”, it is also specified in the preamble to the legislative text tabled in the chamber.