POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John A. Macdonald, Elitism, Responsible Government
19 Jan 2018
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Competing political views (how do you define, support and justify definition of canada) Founding fathers of constitution of canada, political system and culture we see today (sir john a macdonald), wanted to remain locked to british crown (west minister) Pierre elliot trudeau, completely different from founding fathers, charter of. Rights and freedoms. (in the usa: bill of rights) he believed in individual rights and that everyone was equal. Leveque, was a sovereignties, political enemy of trudeau because he believe quebec was more superior to the rest of canada and it should be sovereign. Jacque paraso, fundamental soverigntist and believes quebec should be. 1000% its own country: each says to each other, you suck (different groups don"t get along) Issues in canada(since 1860"s at least): native canadians (never gave up their sovereignty, simply signed a treaty to share their land, regionalism, woman"s rights, abortion laws (fundamental to what canada is: religions vs. social)
