PSCI 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ethnolinguistics, Secularism, Reasonable Accommodation

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSCI 2002
• Professor: Stephen White

Document Summary

French language in canada: 1951 2011. Mother tongue french declined due to change in population, education and birth rates. French canada and quebec: most francophones in canada reside in quebec. French canada: territorial vs individual: territorial principle: Quebec at the homeland of french canada. Pierre trudeau attempted to separate language from territory. Power and resources should be granted: personality principle: Ca(cid:374)ada"s e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)sio(cid:374: 1867: confederation (the bna act): Ontario, quebec, nova scotia, new brunswick: 1870: manitoba and nwt, 1871: british columbia, 1873: pei, (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)"s: co(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of the rail(cid:449)a(cid:455, 1898: yukon territory, 1905: saskatchewan and alberta, 1949-1999: newfoundland (1949) and nunavut (1999) Consequences of expansion: expansion of territory means diverging interests (economic, cultural, demographic, from one english canada to nine english provinces: English canada does not think itself as a sociological nation canada as one nation, 10 provinces. French canadians still see canada as more than one nation.