On May 22, as the rest of Canada celebrates Victoria Day, Quebecers will get a day off in honour of les Patriotes, the 19th-century rebels who fought to bring responsible government to what is now Quebec. Yet last week, Quebec’s Liberal government angered nationalists by blocking a proposal to have the Patriote flag fly above the legislature in Quebec City. Q: What is the Patriote flag? Q: How did Victoria Day come to be called the Journée nationale des Patriotes in Quebec? With the rise of the Quebec independence movement, the Patriotes were adopted as pioneers of a push for national self-determination.

Source: National Post May 15, 2017 16:30 UTC