EDEE 280 Lecture Notes - Robert Bourassa, Robin Spry, Pierre Trudeau
28 Mar 2013
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Class 22: quebec nationalists take action: the october crisis, the parti quebecois, and bill 101. Background context: defining nationalism the nation central concern of political loyalty and the only goal deserving pursuit. Based on set of beliefs about nation & its perceived character. A territorial relation of collective self-consciousness of actual or imagined duration. Canadians & they were relegated to the level of working class; they had to fight & liberate themselves from nationalism & english domination; had to free the state of its colonial bonds. 3 elements: french law, french society, french language: british conquest led to struggles with french. 3 elements: common history, common culture, common language. Other factors: francophones though confederation bad time to separate, growing sense of pride in french canadians & ability to take care of themselves. 2 main features seeking sovereignty the quest for autonomy language: 3 separatist movements. Bombed mailboxes sign against canada post that represented colonialism.
