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Turns Out There's Already A Quebec Flag Emoji — But The PQ Stands By Its Motion

Parti Québécois (PQ) leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon raised Quebecers' eyebrows earlier this week when the party proposed a motion urging the government to push for a Quebec flag emoji. MNAs passed the motion unanimously.

The PQ told MTL Blog that the flag emoji was a question of Quebecers being able to display their Quebec pride online — but Unicode Consortium, the organization responsible for standardizing emojis, says the emoji already exists.

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Sugar Sammy Roasted The Parti Québécois For Its Motion To Create A Quebec Flag Emoji

On May 26, the Parti Québécois (PQ) unanimously passed a motion requesting that the government push for the creation of a Quebec flag emoji. 

Montreal comedian Sugar Sammy responded with a hilarious Twitter history lesson about the PQ's origins.

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Montreal Is Now Asking The Canadian Gov't To Decriminalize Simple Drug Possession

A majority voted in favour of adopting the motion to call on the Canadian government to decriminalize the simple possession of drugs for personal use at Montreal's City Council on January 26.

"By ratifying this motion, the City of Montreal is adopting a change of direction that has become more than urgent," a joint press release from various community organizations reads. 

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Decriminalizing Simple Drug Possession Will Be Debated At Montreal's Next City Council

In the agenda for Montreal's City Council on Monday, January 25, a "Non-partisan motion calling on the City of Montreal to urge the government to Canadian to decriminalize simple possession of drugs for personal use" is set to be debated.

A press release about the subject asks that the City of Montréal "undertake as quickly as possible steps to request a city-wide exemption from the Government of Canada to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act."

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