CAST 1103H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pierre Trudeau, Maurice Duplessis, Fleur-De-Lis
14 Jun 2018
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D-Day Normandy Invasion Review
• Canadian women volunteer services were vital to the war effort in Canada
• D-Day coastline, Fortress Europe - 7000 vessels launched, more than 450 Canadians
parachuted in ahead of 14,000 Canadian troops that came ashore at Juno Beach
• 340 Canadian casualties on Juno beach - critical to understand that Canadian meet more
of its objectives than other countries
• Because of the war, Canada became a wealthy nation, which lead to
o baby bonus
o unemployment insurance
o veterans fund
• Aftermath, there was a housing shortage and certain goods were in shortage
o mining and resource exploration
o automotive industry
o manufacturing capacity and capability increased.
Post war Canada
• more centralized government
• populations were unionizing
Baby Boom
• more than 8 million babies born in Canada between 46 to 64 (18 years)
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Quebec in the Postwar
• 1948 Fleur de lys adopted as the official symbol for Quebec
• large strikes in Quebec, dissatisfaction with the economy
• 2 groups of influential thinkers
o Pierre Elliot Trudeau focused on modernizing Quebec - has backing of
federal gov't
o 2nd group sought nationalism
Union Nationale
• promoted provincial autonomy and conservatism
• economic liberalism
Maurice Duplessis
• Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis started the path to autonomy (1947)
o died in 1959, but help to break the stranglehold the catholic church had on politics
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