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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.
In June 1967, during a state visit for the Canadian Centennial, French president Charles de Gaulle made a speech from the balcony of Montreal City Hall in which he declared Vive le Québec libre! [2] The phrase was a slogan of Quebec sovereignty, and its delivery by de Gaulle deeply offended the Canadian federal government, which derided him.
In June 1967, French president Charles de Gaulle, who had recently granted independence to Algeria, shouted "Vive le Québec libre!" during a speech from the balcony of Montreal's city hall during a state visit to Canada. In doing so, he deeply offended the federal government, and English Canadians felt he had demonstrated contempt for the ...
Quebec Libre (a French phrase meaning "Free Quebec", taken from the phrase "Vive le Quebec libre" uttered by French president Charles DeGaulle during a visit to Canada in 1967) is a board game published by Simulations Canada in 1978 that simulates the political breakdown of Canada. The game, Simulations Canada's only non-military board game ...
Assemblée des six-comtés – Patriotes Rebellion – Francoeur Motion – Quiet Revolution – Vive le Québec libre speech – October Crisis – Le 15 novembre – 1980 Quebec referendum – Patriation of the Constitution – Night of the Long Knives – Demise of the Meech Lake Accord – Charlottetown Accord referendum – 1995 Quebec ...
In July 1967, while on an official state visit to Canada, the then president of France, Charles de Gaulle, ignited a storm of controversy by exclaiming, before a crowd of 100,000 in Montreal, Vive le Québec Libre! (Long live free Quebec!)
(Long live Quebec!) then added, Vive le Québec libre ! (Long live free Quebec!). Canadian media outlets strongly criticized the statement, and the Prime Minister of Canada , Lester B. Pearson , a soldier who had fought in World War I and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, stated that "Canadians do not need to be liberated."
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 ...