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" Vive le Québec libre ! " (French: [viv lə ke.bɛk libʁ], 'Long live free Quebec!') was a phrase in a speech delivered by French President Charles de Gaulle in Montreal, Quebec on July 24, 1967, during an official visit to Canada for the Expo 67 world's fair.
During an official visit to Quebec as a guest of the government of Canada, in front of a huge crowd the President of France, Colonel Charles de Gaulle, who had been temporarily given the rank of general in WWII, undiplomatically declared from the balcony of the Montreal city hall; "Vive le Québec libre!" (Long live free Quebec!).
Quebec Libre is a board game of cooperation and conflict for 2–6 players in which players control various areas of Canada, and must negotiate with each other, either openly or privately, for funding, popular support and power, as each player grapples with standard of living, popularity, unemployment, energy, production, taxation, consumption, exports, and development.
The French title of the report, "Un Québec libre de ses choix," was evocative of "Vive le Québec libre", a rallying slogan of supporters of Quebec independence from Canada. The next round of constitutional amendment talks with Bourassa, the other Canadian premiers, federal Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and aboriginal leaders in 1992 resulted ...
It's a joy to make a free statement. This fountain is dedicated to all freedom. Free Quebec! Free East Pakistan! Free Viet Nam! Free the whole world!" [8] Vaillancourt said his actions were "a powerful performance" intended to illustrate the notion of power to the people. [5] " Quebec Libre" has been an alternate name for the fountain since. [13]
Le Québécois Libre (or QL) was an online libertarian magazine, or webzine published in Quebec, Canada.The QL, owned and published by Martin Masse since February 1998, [1] portrayed a classical liberal point of view on numerous topics, particularly related to current affairs in Quebec, or, to a lesser extent, France and the United States.
Bourgault and D'Allemagne strongly believed that the forces for Quebec independence had to unite to challenge the "old parties" (Liberals and Union Nationale). Bourgault and Lévesque started to clash, as Lévesque had come to distrust the RIN because of its perceived rowdy behaviour.
Vive le Québec socialiste! Vive le Québec libre!". [11] The climax of the Opération McGill français protests occurred on the evening of 28 March 1969, when a 9,000-strong group of Quebec separatists, led by Gray, tried to storm McGill and clashed with the police officers, who had been asked by McGill to keep Gray's group off the campus. [11]