The fleur-de-lis was adopted 75 years ago, on January 21, 1948. The National Assembly will mark its anniversary. It was there, at the top of the central tower, that he was hoisted in 1948. Since then, he has settled in the towns and villages of Quebec and in Quebec itself. It is an exception however: it is almost absent on the promontory of the city and on its river frontage.
For the traveler arriving by the St. Lawrence or for residents of Lévis, the capital looks like a busy city because of the number of maple leaves, the Canadian flag, along the banks of the river and on the heights of Cap Diamant.
The quasi-monopoly of the maple leaf on the facade is incongruous. Quebec, as a federated state, a sovereign state in its fields of jurisdiction, must make its presence more visible there.
The Société nationale des Québécois et Québécoises de la capital (SNQC) would like the National Capital Commission to intervene with the federal state and negotiate an equal display of the two flags on the heights of Quebec, particularly on the Dufferin terrace, and the along the river.
The Société nationale accepted, however reluctantly, that the maple leaf continue to fly ostentatiously atop the King’s Bastion and on the Plains of Abraham as a reminder of Quebec’s constitutional subjection.
A new balance in the display of Canadian and Quebec colors on the south facade of the city is essential. The 75e anniversary is the occasion to launch the operation.
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