HIS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: October Crisis, Freedom Of Movement, War Measures Act
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The growth of the federal state: newfoundland enters confederation, cold war canada. The 1950s saw the rise of adolescence as a social construct: women(cid:495)s participation in the workforce began to grow again in the late 1940s. In spite of rapid economic growth, wealth was poorly distributed during the postwar years. English was the language of business in quebec. Catholic church reached the height of its power in the. 1950s: nationalist rhetoric in quebec was becoming increasingly secular, neo-nationalism was criticized by a group of young intellectuals who came of age during the postwar years. In 1945, the federal government began to dismantle its war machine. Louis saint-laurent would run canada from 1948 to. The liberals strove to make canadian independence fully concrete: abolition of privy council, constitutional centralisation advanced more swiftly, canada emerges as a middle power, canadian diplomats active on the world stage. Leading role in 1945 of the creation of the.