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20,000 Strong For A Better Quebec

We would like to thank everyone who helped us hit the milestone of 20,000 members today. We say members and not “likes” because we believe EVERY one of you have helped make the difference and directly impacted the political dynamics in Quebec for the better.

Since its inception in September 2012, http://www.putbacktheflag.com has fought with help of you all and shared stories and links in the millions,  which have forced politicians and public figures to issue statements and backtrack several times.

Putbacktheflag has been instrumental in reshaping the following events

Sep 17th, 2012 : Putbacktheflag was founded and within a week 5000 members joined as a protest against Pauline Marois removing the flag from the national assembly.

Nov 4th, 2012: Flag rally event draws 150 people in Place du Canada and draws big media attention. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/11/04/mtl-language-rights-group-protest-clash.html

December 1st 2012 : We release a video of a flag stomping incident at at a separatist rally in front of Montreal's city hall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbIrrfS-MFs. Pauline Marois is forced to comment.

Media attention goes coast to coast: http://www.barbarakay.ca/articles/view/702

December 13th, 2012 : We break the story about Ben and Jerry’s being harassed by the OQLF and igniting the flame for media to follow. The OQLF is again forced to comment.  Our blog : http://putbacktheflag.blogspot.ca/2013/01/olf-back-on-attack-against-montreal-ben.html

December 18th, 2012 : We force the PQ page in NY on FB to issue a statement after deleting posts detailing their own language laws: http://putbacktheflag.blogspot.ca/2012/12/pq-office-in-new-york-ashamed-of-their.html

Jan 21st. 2013 : A local cupcake shop is harassed by the OLF. We break the story and again media follows up
Our blog: http://putbacktheflag.blogspot.ca/2013/01/olf-targets-cupcake-shop-in-montreal.html

CJAD: http://www.cjad.com/CJADLocalNews/entry.aspx?blogEntryID=10494050

February 17th, 2013:  We hold an event from our page to protest Bill14. 400 attend, massive media attention both francophone and anglophone. We bring awareness to this unjust law. Google "bill14 protest" for the media links.

February 19th, 2013 : We break CJAD’s Dan Delmar’s first blog detailing of the “PASTA” OQLF incident on FB and Twitter. For the next 3 days we share over 10 thousand times from our page alone and hashtag #pastagate furiously.

According to Sun Media we are the driving force behind #Pastagate. http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/politics/archives/2013/02/20130220-135808.html

“The story has gained traction on social media, with Facebook page, entitled Put Canadian Flag Back In Quebec Assembly, leading the charge.The group has been instrumental in starting protests against Quebec's new Bill 14.”

Original blog by CJAD: http://www.cjad.com/Blog/DelmarAndDwivedi/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10506150

We believe these events have made a huge difference and raised awareness internationally for the first time in years. We encourage you all to share this page and continue to be active. Should you not be able to attend a protest or rally, simply invite 10 people to our FB page or share an article or retweet whenever you can. The above is PROOF that we CAN make a difference.

We also invite the francophone population to join us so we may feature blogs and work with the 70% that DO believe in a better Quebec and Canada. We are always looking for francophone blog contributions and will feature them regularly. We are not an anglophone or francophone rights group, we are a group that value human rights and free choice.

A special thanks to the unity group that has done all the work on the ground for security, logistics and fundraising. We would not have had the success we have had without their help.


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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Putbacktheflag

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Feb 17th, 2013 : Quebeckers Stand in the Blistering Cold to Fight for What They Believe In Coffee in hand and bundled up doing their best to combat frostbite, protesters spilled onto Sherbrooke St W Montreal, Quebec in the hundreds right in front of Premier Pauline Marois' office to protest Bill 14. The bill that the minority PQ government are trying to table may possibly be one of the most ominous bills to be passed in Canada.

Some of the highlights or “low lights” of Bill14:

The media loves to spin the rally against Bill 14 into an ANGLO RIGHTS issue, however nothing could be further from the truth. You can find francophones and citizens from EVERY cultural background protesting. This rally had absolutely nothing to do with anglo rights, and ALL to do with human rights. You do not have to be anglophone to exercise a human rights issue.

A Canadian expat who had been following the news was amazed at the great turnout, despite the cold and -26 windchill and had this to say:

Dear Canada,

Today I listened to speeches made at a rally from a cold and windy street in Montreal, speeches made before several hundred of your countrymen and women.

They weren't there to celebrate a hockey win, they weren't there for some corporate sponsored event giving away trinkets with a red Maple leaf on them.

They were there to show solidarity against a government hell bent on taking away more of their rights. This is a government dedicated to marginalizing them even further. What they WERE there to do is tell the current PQ government and anyone supporting these ominous laws "Enough is enough!”

Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/Putbacktheflag

Special thanks to the “unity group” for their hard work on security media and the ground work for the protest.

Photo: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/02/17/englishrights_activists_protest_new_quebec_language_law.html
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Pauline Marois s'en foute carrément du peuple Québécois Le gouvernement est supposé être là pour le peuple, être la voix du peuple et gérer dans l'intérêt du peuple.

Mme Marois a été choisie par les Québécois (pas tous mais enfin) pour améliorer la situation, apporter du positif, ajouter un plus au Québécois mais à ce que je vois, le "peuple"... elle s'en foute carrément.

Au lieu d'avoir les yeux fixés JUSTE sur la conservation et propagation de la langue française et sur la séparation du Québec, elle devrait enlever ses œillères pour voir l'ensemble des vrais besoins des Québécois et il y en a des besoins bien plus grands que la langue française en ce moment et depuis un bon bout de temps. Moi je vois un énorme déséquilibre et je sais que la majorité le voit aussi.

Je ne dis pas de laisser tomber la langue française. Non. Le français est ma langue maternelle et j'en suis fière. Ce que je dis c'est qu'il faut qu'il y ait un équilibre dans la gestion du Québec et des besoins des Québécois. Mme Marois, demandez donc à TOUS les Québécois ce qu'ils veulent réellement.

Pas seulement les jeunes en santé qui veulent qu'on leur serve tout sur un plateau d'argent, qui veulent que leurs études après le secondaires (CEGEP et Université) soient gratuites et ne rien avoir à débourser, aucun effort à faire et qui ne se rendent pas compte à quel point ils sont privilégiés au Québec où les frais scolaires sont raisonnables comparativement au reste du Canada et aux autres pays.

Pas seulement à ceux qui ont fait le choix délibéré de ne pas travailler, d'être sur l'aide social le reste de leur vie car c'est trop forçant d'aller travailler (je sais que certains n'ont pas le choix car s'ils l'avaient, ils iraient travailler) et pour cette raison, ils n'ont rien à perdre.

Demandez plutôt à ceux qui ont tout à perdre, les personnes âgées qui ont travailler fort et contribué à l'économie du Québec toute leur vie; aux jeunes qui ont bûché pour faire des études et qui ont de la difficulté à se trouver du travail dans le domaine qu'ils ont choisi, aux jeunes couples ainsi qu'aux couples et sans oublier les femmes et hommes monoparentaux qui tente d'avoir une vie décente et d'offrir les nécessités à leur progéniture.

Que dire des ressources naturelles et de l'environnement pour le futur des petits Québécois qui deviendront grands un jour ?

Les besoins de TOUS les Québécois, petits et grands, jeunes et vieux et entre les deux devraient être votre priorité.

Membre putbacktheflag.com,

Sylvie Leboeuf,

Valleyfield Québec

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Montreal Dental Clinic Refusing Care To Anglos 

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