POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Conservatism, Quebec Nationalism, Western Alienation In Canada
12 Oct 2016
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Week 2: canada- a brief history regionalism and. > british established sovereignty of aboriginals in canada. >formalized the arrangement which gave the french the ability to speak their language in. >loyalist still wanted to be under the rule under the british crown. > still wanted the control of the elite. > too much power given to the elites and not to the people. > governments have to be accountable for their decisions. > attention continues conflict between eastern and western canada. > gave us our own statue by ending british rule and gave us power. Sectionalism: feel connected to their province and alienated to the rest of the world. Semitism: want to separate from the country quebec. John mcdonald: create a strong resources for canada, his version of canada was the quebec access extracting wealth from the west. Not a national policy, but an imperial policy : > created a lot of attention for people living in the west.
