PO264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: English Canada, Dolman, Westminster System
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Reconciling the two solitudes: quebec and the rest of canada . What is the laurentian consensus, why is it said to be on decline: the concept of the laurentian concusses was developed in a recently published book by darrel bricker and. English canada: look at confederation debates etc. you don"t nd the idea that you are canadian , rather that they still considered themselves overall as a british race being a canadian meant essentially be apart of the british. This slowly gained currency and canada slowly developed especially in the 50s and 60s. Canadian national symbols came into existence: there are variations of canada as a nation ex. Trudeau was more against this and said that the best nation in canada was the federal state and everyone is one nation, there should be groups in the nation that claim to be a nation too. French canada: french canadianism is based on the language base.
