▁call ▁the ▁chairman ▁of ▁Air ▁Canada ▁in ▁his ▁capacity ▁as ▁a ▁private ▁citiz en ▁and ▁suggest ▁plan es ▁be ▁made ▁available ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁rate , ▁a ▁request ▁that ▁was ▁granted . ▁ ▁Tob in ' s ▁Canada ▁AM ▁appearance ▁resulted ▁in ▁calls ▁flo oding ▁MP ' s ▁offices ▁in ▁English ▁Canada , ▁and ▁bus ▁companies ▁volunte ered ▁hundreds ▁of ▁vehicles ▁to ▁take ▁Canad ians ▁from ▁outside ▁of ▁Quebec ▁to ▁Montreal . ▁ ▁The ▁r ally ▁at ▁Place ▁du ▁Canada ▁was ▁estimated ▁to ▁have ▁between ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 1 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁at ten de es , ▁with ▁estimates ▁varying ▁wild ly ▁as ▁the ▁crowd ▁grew ▁and ▁sh rank ▁throughout ▁the ▁day . ▁ ▁Jean ▁Chr ét ien , ▁Jean ▁Char est ▁and ▁Daniel ▁Johnson ▁spoke ▁to ▁the ▁crowd ▁for ▁the ▁occasion , ▁which ▁would ▁become ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" Un ity ▁R ally ". ▁Im ages ▁of ▁the ▁large ▁crowd ▁with ▁an ▁o vers ized ▁Canadian ▁flag ▁became ▁icon ic . ▁ ▁Char est ▁felt ▁the ▁r ally ▁helped ▁to ▁keep ▁momentum ▁for ▁the ▁" No " ▁campaign ▁moving . ▁ ▁The ▁federal ▁government ' s ▁inter vention ▁in ▁the ▁r ally ▁attract ed ▁str ident ▁protest s ▁from ▁the ▁" Yes " ▁side , ▁who ▁felt ▁the ▁disc ount s ▁and ▁coord ination ▁were ▁an ▁illegal ▁inter vention ▁in ▁the ▁refer endum . ▁B ouch ard ▁public ly ▁contrast ed ▁the ▁r ally ▁with ▁what ▁he ▁believed ▁was ▁the ▁in att ention