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13-544: MNQ or mnq may refer to: Mouvement national des Québécoises et des Québécois , a Canadian political organization MNQ, the Indian Railways station code for Mainpuri railway station , Uttar Pradesh, India mnq, the ISO 639-3 code for Minriq language , Malaysia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

26-465: A methodical (orderly) development of the human, physical and economic resources of the Quebec community." In 1972, influenced by the secularization movement that affected all of Quebec's institutions at the time, the federation changed their name to "Mouvement national des Québécois" (Quebecers' National Movement). Strongly committed against institutional bilingualism and for territorial unilingualism,

39-584: Is to "promote and defend the French language and national pride". Since 1984, the MNQ is responsible for coordinating the festivities for Quebec's national holiday on June 24. The current president is Martine Desjardins . Following the Estates General of French Canada , whose preparation began in 1964 and occurred between 1967 and 1969, the MNQ took a stance in favour of an independent Quebec and gave itself

52-712: The Bloc Québécois , impels the federal government of Canada to respect the Charter of the French Language and withdraw from the field of telecommunications as a consequence of the adoption of the motion recognizing that Quebecers form a nation within Canada by the House of Commons of Canada . It also supports PQ National Assembly member Daniel Turp 's initiative to obtain a .qc country code for Quebec following

65-619: The Union Nationale government of Jean-Jacques Bertrand passed Bill 63 without waiting for the Gendron Commission's report. Section 2 of the bill allowed all residents of Quebec an English-language education for anyone desiring it for their children. That right was known as "freedom of choice." The law also promoted the French language: Bill 63 fell short of the expectations of many francophones, such as many Quebec nationalists , who expected that French would become

78-588: The MNQ was active in the political movement that opposed the Act to promote the French language in Quebec (1969) and the Official Language Act (1974) and supported the Parti Québécois 's (PQ) proposed interventionist policy. The defeat of the sovereigntist option in the Quebec referendum of 1980 consequently left the MNQ disoriented. In 1982, its office closed and dissolving the federation

91-458: The members of the ephemeral federation (1945–1946), whose members counted all the SSJB of Quebec and Ontario. In spite of this failure, the SSJB of Quebec and Ontario continued to collaborate closely up until the 1960s. The young Quebec federation initiated various actions and took part in the efforts for the development of Quebec which accelerated after World War II . The federation participated to

104-551: The mission to promote: It was founded by nine SSJB branches. It has 19 affiliated societies: In 1947, nine of Quebec's SSJB (those of Sherbrooke , Trois-Rivières , Quebec City , Rimouski , Saint-Hyacinthe , Nicolet , Hull , Saint-Jean and Chicoutimi ), formed the Fédération des Sociétés Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Québec during a congress in Sherbrooke. This happened not long after the start of diverging opinions among

117-580: The popular movement that led to the adoption of the fleurdelisé as Quebec's Flag in 1948, organized the National Conference on Education which led, in 1964, to the creation of a Quebec Ministry of Education , and helped with setting in motion the Estates General of French Canada. In 1969, the federation's position was "in favour of the total political sovereignty of Quebec", affirming that sovereignty "is an essential condition for

130-608: The precedent of a .cat for Catalonia . An Act to promote the French language in Quebec Bill 63 , formally the Loi pour promouvoir la langue française au Québec ("Law to promote the French language in Quebec"), was a language law passed in 1969 in Quebec , Canada . In the 1960s, the government of Quebec commissioned a report about the state of the French language in the province. The report showed that in some areas of

143-588: The province, residents who spoke only French had difficulty finding employment and doing everyday business. As a result, plans were begun to form a committee, called the Gendron Commission , to make recommendations for promoting the use of French in Quebec. When the Catholic school board of Saint Leonard, Quebec , insisted for children of immigrants, mostly Italians , to be required to go to French schools, controversy and violence erupted. In response,

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156-515: The title MNQ . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MNQ&oldid=1168343988 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mouvement national des Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9coises et des Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois Its stated mission

169-457: Was discussed. In 1984, the SSJB's 150th anniversary, the government of Quebec entrusted the MNQ with the responsibility of coordinating Quebec's national holiday festivities. In 1991, the MNQ changed their name to Mouvement national des Québécoises et des Québécois , but kept the acronym "MNQ". This change reflected the movement's support of feminism. In 2007, the federation celebrated its 60th anniversary. The MNQ leadership, along with

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