Pauline Marois strikes the Maple Leaf on the first day

“We haven’t made a final decision. But keep in mind that in the past, whenever we had control over these decisions, the Canadian flag was always removed,” -- PQ spokesperson Eric Gamache, perhaps providing the heads up for tomorrow's headline.

We're not sure what games Pauline Marois enjoyed as a child, but we're beginning to think that the newly elected Premier of Quebec clearly had a passion for capture the flag, though in her case, it would seem she would probably added on the idea of hiding the thing in a closet.

With the Parti Quebecois back in power (all be it with the slimmest of margins) the PQ it seems is returning to some of the childish, petulant moves of its past to blaze the glorious new future that Madam Marois will bring.

The first casualty it seems of the new regime, will be the cloth symbol of les autres, the Canadian flag, which seemingly is to be banished from view with the official swearing in of the Marois cabinet on Wednesday.

Such is the nature of the PQ, to find any possible excuse to banish any representation of a larger nation outside of those parochial borders.

The move no doubt will earn a backlash from beyond Quebec (which is perhaps just what the PQ would intend), where more than a few Canadians who might be attached to the Maple Leaf might wonder just how tedious the discourse is going to get now that the separatists are back in the saddle.

Of course some might even wonder just how much hubris that the PQ has to go around, banning any and all Canadian symbols while gladly cashing those transfer payment cheques from the Federal Treasury, the largest of amounts which are destined to the province on a year after year basis.

In fact, it some might even suggest that the best way to solve that particular sore point might be simply to make sure that the transfer payment paperwork request features a rather large Maple Leaf in the upper corner, surely the PQ wouldn't process such an offensive thing would they?

Globe and Mail-- Canadian flag back in Quebec assembly - for now
Globe and Mail-- Maple Leaf flag back in storage as Parti Quebecois era begins
National Post-- Canadian flag returned to Quebec Legislature... but maybe not for long
National Post-- Canadian flag taken down, replaced with Fleur-d-lis, at Quebec legislature
CBC-- Quebec's flag flap: back to the future?
CTV News-- Canadian flag removed from Quebec National Assembly
Huffington Post-- PQ Take Down Canadian Flag as Pauline Marois Takes Oath...