POLI 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jean Charest, Jean Lesage, Government Of Quebec
11 May 2018
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03.23.2018
BEGINNING VIDEO: GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC
INTERACTING GLOBALLY
Quebec is active in the environment issues around the
world — Premier Jean Charest speaks
•federal system of government in Canada — “most
decentralized federal system in the world”
•Quebec as “subnational states”
•very large proportion of climate work done by
subnational groups
•“federal governments more hesitant” (=Harper era), a
need for leadership
•conferences and groups made up of just subnational
leaders / groups
FIVE PILLARS FROM LAST CLASS
1. Vast diversity of regional interests and concerns
2. Leaven the impact of centralist defects
3. Provinces need to be consulted
4. Consensus
5. Sharing sovereignty: conflicts possible
QUEBEC’S PARADIPLOMACY
Quote from slide: Quebec operates the most extensive
network of international representation of all non-
sovereign states.
Four main factors
•National consciousness
•International context
•Canadian federalism
•International status of Quebec
NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Quebec’s history within Canada is v important to the
national consciousness and its identity
•Francophone identity has an effect on its international
activity
Quiet Revolution (early 1960s)
•break from the Great Darkness where francophones
were dominated by Catholicism, conservative ideology
•impacts on development, education, economy
•Change comes to the agenda, baby boomers growing
up and criticizing Quebecs current direction
•great cultural contributions at time
•PLQ elected, Jean Lesage becomes premier
•period of emancipation, “catching up with the world”
•decline of the Catholic Church; feminism; dreams of
independence
•new infrastructure (all the infrastructure that’s facing
apart today), better economy
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Document Summary
Quote from slide: quebec operates the most extensive network of international representation of all non- sovereign states. Four main factors: national consciousness, international context, canadian federalism, international status of quebec. Quebec"s history within canada is v important to the national consciousness and its identity: francophone identity has an effect on its international, conferences and groups made up of just subnational activity leaders / groups. Five pillars from last class: vast diversity of regional interests and concerns, leaven the impact of centralist defects, provinces need to be consulted, consensus, sharing sovereignty: con icts possible. 4: metro of mtl for example, maitre chez nous = masters at home, dev of own faith (economic nationalism, this is key, think of everything that goes with this. The most important parts were the education and economic factors: reaf rming its economy inside the federation more power over own jurisdiction, more room in national politics.
