Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ethnic Nationalism, Charlottetown Accord, Lucien Bouchard
11 Mar 2016
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Quebec: canada"s post-confederation history is characterized by ongoing conflict between french and english. Riel rebellions english trying to take metis land. Two conscription crises: what form did french-canadian nationalism take prior to the 1960s, ruling elite in quebec up until the 1960s, roman catholic church. Promoted conception of conservative, traditional value: inherently conservative elites. 1960 conservative regime replaced by liberal government of jean lesage inaugurated quiet. Canada created by 2 nations, each with its homeland, french in quebec and quebec was responsible to protect its culture: decentralization of power to recognize it. Governments claimed they needed to increase policy capacity to serve their own nation . Wanted right to opt-out of shared cost programs i. e. canadian pension plan. Canadians in canada: was supposed to recommend steps to create an equal partnership between two nations, reported french speaking minority was at a very apparent disadvantage. Educational opportunities available to french speaking outside of quebec .
