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| Dates of operation | December 2007-Present |
| Motives | Independence of Québec |
| Active regions | Quebec, Canada |
| Ideology | Quebec sovereigntism Quebec nationalism |
| Status | Active |
The Réseau de Résistance du Québecois (RRQ) (Template:Lang-en) is a small militant politically radical fringe Quebec nationalist group founded in 2007. It advocates Quebec sovereignty.
Support
The RRQ is not an official political party. In 2008, the RRQ claimed a membership of 500 people.
RRQ Manifesto
The RRQ have released a manifesto, called "Manifeste du Réseau de Résistance du Québécois (RRQ)". An English translated version is available of the RRQ Manifesto.
Protests & campaigns
Against Jan Wong
On September 16, 2006, Patrick Bourgeois, the leader of the RRQ denounced Jan Wong's article, which controversially linked all three Quebec school shootings of the last two decades—1989 École Polytechnique Massacre (15 deaths), 1992 Concordia University Massacre (four deaths), and 2006 Dawson College Shooting (2 deaths)—to the purported alienation brought about by “the decades-long linguistic struggle” within the province of Quebec.
Against Quebec City's 400th anniversary
In January 2008, the RRQ launched a campaign against Quebec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations and accused the organizers of being revisionists.
Against Montreal's St-Patrick's day parade
On March 17, 2008, the RRQ protested the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Montreal claiming it was too English. Members of the RRQ waved Quebec, Patriote and Irish flags. Also the RRQ distributed leaflets commemorating links between Irish and Quebecers, including the involvement of Irish immigrants in the Patriote movement of 1837 in Lower Canada, as Quebec was known at the time. However, both the Mouvement Québec français and the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal distanced themselves from the RRQ's protest.
Against the reenactment of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
In January 2009, the RRQ launched a major campaign against the Combat reenactment of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, a important battle of the French and Indian war. The RRQ utilized propaganda of the deed with threats of violence that played a major role in the cancellation of the reenactment. A spokesperson for the group, retired Quebec filmmaker Pierre Falardeau stated that if the reenactment took place, "some people will get their asses kicked". The RRQ said to visiting spectators that the reenactment would offer "a trip they won't soon forget". Patrick Bourgeois, of the RRQ stated, "The re-enactment is off, that's great. This thing unleashed passions. But ultimately, the responsibility for all of this is the people who concocted this dim-witted plan.Sure, we were promoting civil disobedience. But so were they. The potential for violence was there.”
Against anglophone bands playing ar St. Jean Baptiste festivities
On June 23, 2009, Lake of Stew, an anglophone music group playing at the L'Autre St. Jean concert for the St. Jean Baptiste festivities at Pelican Park in Rosemont, Quebec, was heckled by a small but vocal group of Jeunes Patriotes, but the heckling was met mostly with disdain by those in the audience and the band played on to cheers. Guillaume Duchesneau, a member of the RRQ, stated, "I don't think there should be two anglophone bands here. It's the patriotic celebration of Quebec started by a Quebec patriot, Ludger Duvernay in 1834, and it's like an oppression seeing groups sing here in English." He noted the virtual absence of any Quebec flags, and wondered if a federalist group was organizing the party.
Reading marathon
On September 13, 2009, events were held in Quebec in respect of the anniversary date of September 13, 1759, when British General James Wolfe defeated the French General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm to establish British rule in what is now Quebec. The RRQ supported and attended an event that celebrated 140 historic texts as part of a 24-hour reading marathon to celebrate the poetry and literary works of Quebec artists and historical figures; however, the readings included the FLQ Manifesto written by a Québec Revolutionary organization called the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), who in 1970 kidnapped and murdered Pierre Laporte during the October Crisis, in the name of Quebec nationalism. Premier Jean Charest stated the event "trivializes the FLQ, terrorism and violence" (Template:Lang-fr).
References
- Chung, Andrew (2009-09-04). "Brave CBC under fire on the Plains of Abraham". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ MacPherson, Don (2009-09-15). "Only in Quebec, you say?". The Gazette. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ Hamilton, Graeme (2009-09-14). "No sign French lost Plains of Abraham". National Post. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- "St. Patrick's Day parade too English, says sovereignist group". The Gazette. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- Manifeste du Réseau de Résistance du Québécois (RRQ)
- "La maison de verre de Jan Wong" by Patrick Bourgeois, Le Québécois, September 21, 2006.
- http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/quebeccanada/archives/2009/05/20090511-144448.html
- http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?k=19816&id=7ffd5a94-5a07-45c8-97ba-5eee95b8597e
- "Revellers paint the town green". Canada.com. 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- "his Most Christian Majesty cedes and guaranties to his said Britannick Majesty, in full right, Canada, with all its dependencies, as well as the island of Cape Breton, and all the other islands and coasts in the gulph and river of St. Lawrence, and in general, every thing that depends on the said countries, lands, islands, and coasts, with the sovereignty, property, possession, and all rights acquired by treaty, or otherwise, which the Most Christian King and the Crown of France have had till now over the said countries, lands, islands, places, coasts, and their inhabitants" – Treaty of Paris, 1763
- "The Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War".
- MacPherson, Don (2009-02-24). "Better late than never : Marois cuts ties with violent groups". Vigile.net. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- Nurwisah, Ron (2009-02-17). "Graeme Hamilton: Waving a white flag over the Plains". National Post. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- "Fighting Old Battles:A 250-year-old Defeat Still Rankles". The Economist. Feb 26th 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|accessed=ignored (help) - ^ MacPherson, Don (2009-02-17). "Retreat! Battlefields Commission backs down". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- "Plains of Abraham re-enactment cancelled". CTV Television Network. 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- "Separatists win Plains of Abraham battle". The Globe and Mail. 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Sovereignists heckle Lake of Stew at L'Autre St. Jean". The Gazette. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ Seguin, Rheal (2009-09-04). "Bonfires to honour battle unites split in Quebec". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
- Krajicek, David. "The Quebec October Crisis". truTV. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- Akerman, Beverly (2009-09-14). "'Have you ever seen a bus full of the English blow up?' Writings of the FLQ reveal the true nature of the group". The Gazette. Retrieved 2009-09-26.