POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: English Canada, Dont, War Measures Act
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Constitutional federalism re ects the distinct linguistic, cultural, and social differences between different areas of canada. One key question coming out of this difference: Several post-confederation events have been highlighted (by some) as cases where english. Canada failed to respect francophone interests: 1. Regulation 17: protection for catholic education in ontario (protecting. But then you could only have up to 1 hour of french education a day: 4. World war 1 comes along and canada is basically enrolled in the war after, this was a domestic design though. Canada made enthusiastic commitments those, with minimal soldiers. English and french canada thought differently about conscription: 5. These events suggested that the interests of francophones, both outside quebec and within, were not well protected where anglophone majorities controlled political power. Having said this, nationalism in quebec is not solely an externally induced phenomenon.