Quebec: Activities Held in Two Cities Calling for an End to the Persecution of Falun Dafa

(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners held activities in Sherbrooke and St.-Adrien in Quebec Province, Canada, on July 20 and July 22, 2023, to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 24-year-long persecution. 

Practitioners went to Lac des Nations in Sherbrooke to practice the Falun Dafa exercises together. They held a candlelight vigil to let locals know about the CCP’s brutal persecution. 

Practitioners held a candlelight vigil commemorating those who lost their lives for practicing Falun Dafa in China. 

A practitioner introduces Falun Dafa to a local man at Lac des Nations 

A man walked over to practitioners’ activity booth and inquired about Falun Dafa. Marie-Pierre, a Falun Dafa practitioner, explained the ancient practice and told him about the ongoing brutal persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China. The man watched practitioners attentively as they began to practice the exercises and said that the music sounded very relaxing. The man signed the petition and then started encouraging other passersby to sign as well. 

Éliane just started practicing Falun Dafa a month ago and said she was touched by the activity. She chatted with other Falun Dafa practitioners and learned about the atrocities of forced live organ harvesting. She said she wanted to talk to members of the parliament in her district to help stop the human rights atrocities from happening. 

Activities in St-Adrien

St-Adrien is a quiet village in the Estrie region of Quebec. Practitioners set up an information booth every summer and tell people about Falun Dafa. It has been three years since they started doing this, and many locals know that Falun Dafa is good. 

Practitioners held activities in St-Adrien on July 22, 2023 to stop the persecution of Falun Dafa in China. They practiced the Falun Dafa exercises and held a candlelight vigil. 

Practitioners practiced the Falun Dafa exercises and held a candlelight vigil in St.-Adrien on July 22, 2023, to commemorate practitioners who were persecuted to death for practicing Falun Dafa in China. 

Two ladies learned the Falun Dafa exercises at the event. 

A lady from neighboring Ontario Province said that she had often seen practitioners doing the exercises in front of the Chinese embassy in Ottawa. She was very interested in the practice. Nathalie, a Falun Dafa practitioner, shared how she benefitted physically and mentally after cultivating Falun Dafa. The lady had moved to a town near St.-Adrien and was happy to learn that a group practice site was just minutes away from her new home. She expressed her wish to learn the practice. Both her and her boyfriend signed the petition. 

Two eight-year-old girls walked up to the booth and started following practitioners’ exercise movements. One of them said that she no longer felt nervous about going to summer camp after doing the exercises. Practitioners gifted the girl a lotus flowers and told her, “When you get nervous during summer camp, just read the words written on the flower ‘Falun Dafa is good’ ‘Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”’ The girl happily accepted the gift. 

Pilou, a renowned musician from Quebec, signed the petition. He lives in the town and has always been supportive of Falun Dafa practitioners. He signs the petition each time to support practitioners’ efforts to end the persecution.