CAST 1100H Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jason Kenney, Civic Nationalism, Intercolumniation
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Introduction (a lot of) academic literature on multiculturalism is critical of it as a policy and philosophy: racist, lacks teeth, too much attention on ethnic differences. Ignatieff encourages to ask difficult questions of multiculturalism: idea that if we learn to respect our differences we"ll be a better nation. Keywords: multiculturalism act 1988, citizenship guide 2009, provisional citizenship, lawrence hill. Understanding of citizenship changed post-ww2: pre-war. Based on a person"s proximity to the british ideal: post-war. Based on the concept of civic nationalism . Changing nation of citizenship has historical roots in the quiet revolution. Pm l. b pearson (1963-68) calls a royal commission on bilingualism and biculturalism (1963-7) to try to reconcile french and english differences. Recommendations: french and english became the official languages of the federal government, courts and administration, ontario and nb become officially bilingual provinces b/c they had substantial. P. e trudeau is pearson"s official spokesperson on unity.
