Political Science 2230E Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Moncton, Language Transfer, English Canada
8 Mar 2018
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Bloc quebecois & parti quebecois have always been popular parties in quebec. 1837 revolution of upper and lower canada: lord durham observed "two nations warring in the bosom of a single state" Other instances of f&e not getting along: confederation, canadian participation in. Boer war & wwi & ii, french language education rights in quebec and manitoba. "the two solitudes": hugh mclennan about 2 families (f&e) became shorthand for distance separating the two communities. 1763: new france placed under control of brits but french outnumbered them 8:1. 40 years later were the same size but an increase in us immigrants allowed french to be 1/3 of populations. La revanche des berceaux: high birth rate that for close to a century enabled french canada to maintain its numerical strength against english canada. Most immigrants chose to learn english -> another decline of french. Key factor of shifting linguistic balance of quebec: immigration. Quebec"s contribution to canadian population has dropped.
