HIST 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: October Crisis, James Cross, Pierre Laporte
Document Summary
Urbanization is shaping the self image of quebec. In 61, 40% of people in quebec were living in montreal alone: typically a rural society. Expansion of the francophone universities and more people are becoming more education. High profile strikes taking place in quebec: raising the amount of labour activism. Intellectuals are questioning the way quebec govt has been run: this group circuited a very limited journal: cite libre which spread these anti- nationalist ideas. The other side is neo-nationalists: they believe quebec needs to become the only govt for french-canadians. People like pierre trudeau are gunna try to operate through the federal govt on behalf of frenchies. Maurice duplessis and his successor both die within months of each other. There was no other heir in mind so they head into the 1960 election with an uncharismatic leader. They manage to scrape together a team and win the election. Maitres chez nous is what the liberals rally around in 1962.
