POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Family Values, False Consciousness, Communitarianism
23 Jan 2017
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In 1963, the royal commission on bilingualism and biculturalism spoke of. English and french as canada"s two (cid:498)founding races(cid:499). Since this unfortunate and inaccurate declaration, the canadian government has gradually moved to include aboriginal peoples as defined as first nations, inuit and m tis as the third founding group alongside the english and the french. However, this grouping of french, english and aboriginals, while giving. Canada its unique aggregate identity has colored its history and political institutions with conflict. Moving from assimilation to accommodation and between conflict and consensus, the canadian political culture is dominated by a highly dynamic society and political and policy leaders playing a delicate game of brokerage between the many groups. Aboriginal: first settled what is now canada more than 10,000 years ago, a variety of languages and cultures, hunter-gatherer economies, established agriculture and fishing industries.
