POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: 1969 White Paper, James Bay And Northern Quebec Agreement, Quebec Nationalism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1400
• Professor: Nanita Mohan

Document Summary

Week 9/10- language rights, quebec nationalism and aboriginal issues. Language politics can be traced back as far as the 1867 constitution. Act but did very little to promote french across canada. The royal commission of bilingualism and biculturalism - 1963. Language rights in charter sections 16 to 23. Declare english and french to be the official languages of canada. Givens linguistic minority groups the right to educate their children in their minority language. Bill 101 charter of french language. To make the government of quebec the major force behind quebec"s social and economic development by greatly increasing the role of the state in both of these sectors. To modernize quebec"s educational system and to allow it to catch up to the other provinces in canada. To weaken the influence of the church and to end quebec"s political isolation. Language politics played a key role in the quiet revolution. Maitres chez-nous masters of our house.