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MONTREAL — A new poll on Quebecers’ attitudes toward the Canadian flag is being released as the provincial government attempts today to remove the Maple Leaf from the legislature.

The survey suggests that the flag the Parti Quebecois wants to remove is viewed as a source of “personal or collective pride” by two-thirds of Quebecers.

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The online poll commissioned by the Association for Canadian Studies asked respondents whether they considered different national symbols very important, somewhat important, not very important, or not important at all as sources of personal or collective pride in Canada.

The survey said that when it came to the flag, 66 per cent of Quebec respondents answered yes — with 29 per cent calling it very important and 37 per cent calling it somewhat important. Twenty-two per cent said it was not very important, and only 10 per cent said it was not important at all.

The Leger Marketing survey of 2,207 respondents — 656 in Quebec — explored how much pride Canadians have in 16 different symbols, accomplishment and events.