CANA 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Expo 67, October Crisis, English Canada
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Key terms: quiet revolution, expo 1967, bill 101, flq, parti quebecois, meech lake accord. Quiet revolution (1960 1966: union nationale (1944 1960, influence of church in quebec, jean lesage and the quebec liberal party. Il faut ca change (things have to change: maitre chez nous (masters of our own house) Changes in quebec: clean up corruption, educational reform. Influence the clergy: creation of the ministry of education (1964, hydro quebec, nationalization of electric companies, public sector right to strike, greater involvement in healthcare, industrialization/urbanization, decline in birth rates. Federal government in 1960: increase in canadian nationalism, creation of symbols of sovereignty, flag, anthem, expo (1967, the optimism of canada in the 1960s, quebec pavilion, charles de gaulle speech. Lead-up to bilingualism: limitations to french language outside of quebec, manitoba, northwest territories, ontario (regulation 17, french language in government and civil service, quebec and anglophone minority.