Nouvelle Alliance
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| Nouvelle Alliance | |
|---|---|
| Founding leader | François Gervais |
| Leader | François Gervais |
| Foundation | March 2022 |
| Country | Canada |
| Active regions | Quebec |
| Ideology | Per the Nouvelle Alliance:
Per outside observers and critics: |
| Political position | Centrist (Per the Nouvelle Alliance) Far-right (Per outside observers) |
| Slogan | "Québec aux Québécois" (English: Quebec for Quebecers) "Patrie, nation, tradition" (English: Fatherland, nation, tradition) |
| Status | Active |
| Opponents | Montréal Antifasciste[1] |
| Website | https://nouvellealliance.org/ |
The Nouvelle Alliance (English: New Alliance) is a Quebec nationalist group.
Activities
The Nouvelle Alliance was founded in March 2022 in Montreal.[2] François Gervais leads the group and serves as it's president.[3] The Nouvelle Alliance has been reported to have been inspired by the Alliance laurentienne.[4]
On 20 April 2024, the Nouvelle Alliance held a conference at a bookstore in Montreal with François Gervais being in attendance.[5]
On National Patriots' Day on 19 May 2025, the Nouvelle Alliance around the statue of Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, waving flags such as the Fleurdelisé, the Carillon Sacré-Cœur, the flag of the Parti canadien and flags of the Nouvelle Alliance.[6] They were met with around 100 counter protesters who were participating in a "popular festival against fascism." The counter protesters brought loudspeakers and waved antifa flags, pride flags, and Palestine flags.[7] The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal kept the two groups from fighting. Throughout the confrontation, the counter protesters chanted "Pas de facho dans nos quartiers!" (English: "No fascists in our streets!") while 50 members of the Nouvelle Alliance chanted "Le Québec aux Québécois!" (English: "Quebec for Quebecers"), "Québec libre!" (English: "Free Quebec!") and "Patrie, nation, tradition!" (English: "Fatherland, nation, tradition!")[8]
Ideology
As described by the Nouvelle Alliance
On the Nouvelle Alliance's website, it has described the organization's political ideologies as pro-independence, nationalist, identitarian and unitary.[9][10] The Nouvelle Alliance has described itself neither neither left nor right-wing.[11] Nouvelle Alliance founder and president François Gervais, said about the group, "we represent the Catholic heritage of Quebec society."[12]
During an interview, Gervais stated that Quebec needs a "fairly drastic reduction" in immigration thresholds.[13]
In 2023, Gervais said during an interview that the reason as to why the Nouvelle Alliance wants independence is to make sure that Quebec remains majority French-Canadian.[14]
In November 2024 Gervais said, "there is a problem with immigration: Quebec has far exceeded its thresholds for integration into society."[15]
Per outside observers
Outside observers have described the group as a far-right, ultranationalist, traditionalist, Catholic group.[16]
Francis Dupuis-Deri, a political science professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal described the group's actions, imagery, and logos and symbols as something that "looks a lot like fascism."[17]
In response to outside observers, François Gervais stated that the Nouvelle Alliance is neither based on far-right ideals nor is based on fascist ideology.[18] He also described the description by outside observers as non-logical, non-rational and "trying to stick a label on us to demonize us, to isolate us."[19]
References
- ↑ "Nouvelle Alliance et la tentation fasciste". Montréal Antifasciste (in French). 3 October 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "Nouvelle Alliance : unir les jeunes indépendantistes derrière un nationalisme identitaire". Pivot (in French). 26 October 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Nouvelle Alliance: des membres actifs au sein du Bloc québécois et du Parti québécois". Noovo (in French). 28 November 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Coup d'éclat d'un groupe nationaliste à Lennoxville". Radio Canada (in French). 14 July 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
Le groupe a été fondé en 2022. Son président dit notamment s'inspirer de l'héritage de l'Alliance laurentienne, fondée en 1957, qui était située à droite de l'échiquier politique, selon des observateurs.
- ↑ "« Elle avance masquée » : portrait de l'extrême droite au Québec". Pivot (in French). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
Le 20 avril dernier, le groupe Nouvelle Alliance (NA) tenait dans une librairie de Montréal une conférence sur « l'indépendantisme de combat » réunissant plusieurs panélistes, dont François Gervais, président de NA.
- ↑ "Des citoyens s'opposent à un rassemblement du groupe nationaliste identitaire Nouvelle Alliance". Le Devoir (in French). 19 May 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Des citoyens s'opposent à un rassemblement du groupe nationaliste identitaire Nouvelle Alliance". Le Devoir (in French). 19 May 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
Mais à leur arrivée, haut-parleurs projetant de la musique, drapeaux palestiniens ou inclusifs et banderoles à divers messages, comme « Pas de nations », entouraient le monument, et une importante présence policière était sur place.
- ↑ "Des citoyens s'opposent à un rassemblement du groupe nationaliste identitaire Nouvelle Alliance". Le Devoir (in French). 19 May 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
En chemin, escorté par les forces policières, la cinquantaine de membres de Nouvelle Alliance scandait « Le Québec aux Québécois », « Québec libre » ou bien « Patrie, nation, tradition », enveloppée dans de la fumée bleue et blanche.
- ↑ "Qui sommes nous?". Nouvelle Alliance (in French). Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Des manifestants empêchent la tenue d'un événement de la Nouvelle Alliance". L'Exemplaire (in French). 30 September 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
Active depuis 2022, la Nouvelle Alliance est un groupe de jeunes indépendantistes qui se décrivent comme nationalistes, identitaires et unitaires.
- ↑ "Des manifestants empêchent la tenue d'un événement de la Nouvelle Alliance". L'Exemplaire (in French). 30 September 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
Le groupe, qui se proclame comme les héritiers de la Nouvelle-France, ne se revendique ni de gauche ni de droite.
- ↑ "Experts sound alarm about new far-right nationalist group in Quebec". CTV News. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
The group's president, François Gervais, says, "We represent the Catholic heritage of Quebec society," claiming his group is conducting combative separatism.
- ↑ "« Elle avance masquée » : portrait de l'extrême droite au Québec". Pivot (in French). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
Dans une entrevue que François Gervais nous a accordée, il appelle à une « diminution assez drastique des seuils d'immigration que le Québec connaît ».
- ↑ "A New Group in Québec is Uniting Young Separatists Under Identitarian Ethnic Nationalism". Press Progress. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
As such, his organization rejects any notion of independence that is not rooted in nationalism. As he says, "we want (independence) so that we can maintain our power, maintain our (French-Canadian) majority."
- ↑ "Experts sound alarm about new far-right nationalist group in Quebec". CTV News. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
"For us, there is a problem with immigration: Quebec has far exceeded its thresholds for integration into society," Gervais added.
- ↑ https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/883405/idees-appelons-chat-chat
- ↑ "Experts sound alarm about new far-right nationalist group in Quebec". CTV News. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
But radicalization experts say the group is flirting with the far right. "Their imagery, the way they conduct themselves, the logos and symbols looks a lot like fascism," said Francis Dupuis-Deri, a political science professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
- ↑ "'Fascist' Quebec nationalist group's rally gets drowned out by counter-protesters' dance music". Montreal Gazette. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
But Gervais maintained the group is neither based on far-right ideals nor fascist.
- ↑ "'Fascist' Quebec nationalist group's rally gets drowned out by counter-protesters' dance music". Montreal Gazette. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
"We could waste our time trying to respond to these insults, these labels. The fact is that they aren't logical or rational arguments. "Our history, our culture, our nationality and our identity are important, are things that we exalt," he said. Those calling the group fascist and far-right are "trying to stick a label on us to demonize us, to isolate us."