POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: National Energy Program, Pierre Trudeau, Consumerism
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2 hour exam exam: short answer and essay. Nationalism something that is contested in canada, within canada, there are good conceptions of nations and what nations are. In northern territory, fewer people than in prince edward. Canada had too much geography and other countries had too much history. What is it that separates canada from us and canadian province from other. Quebec wanted to form the constitution to expand french speaker across canada. Ontario and whole canada should constrain it and not protect french. Fissure in canadian politics between english and french. Wilfrid laurier canada should develop as their own country. In 1980s, we had national energy program that is the policy enacted by pierre. Trudeau and this policy is designed to drop the prices of oil. Differences are reflected in the regional differences in the voting behavior. Language, accents(reinforce sense of collective identities), different modes of speaking different language in different regions on to itself.