POSC 2800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Regulation 17, Distinct Society, Charter Of The French Language
29 Mar 2016
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85% of people in quebec speak french the country at the federal level is bilingual. Ater confederaion in 1867 oicial bilingualism was established. The meis in canada had mainly aboriginal/french ancestry. Later removed the french, and catholicism in schools. 1913 ontario brought in regulaion 17: took french out of the school system. All schools would be english, with french taught for one hour per day. Conscripion: mandatory for canadian ciizens to ight in the war. Borden (pm at the ime) able to change who could vote at the ime. Expanded elecion laws to include anyone ighing in the wars overseas (men and women), allowed any female who was the mother of a soldier was allowed to vote. Wwii: canada held a referendum on conscripion. French canadians didn"t really support it, the rest of canadians mainly supported it. Leading up to 1960s. a ime of opening understandings of the world. A period in which concepts of authority start to break down.
