POLS 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Manitoba Act, Maurice Duplessis, Henri Bourassa

• School: U of S
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 205
• Professor: Charles Smith

Document Summary

Seeks to politically cement british institutions and traditions within the canadas. Borrows governmental structures and laws from britain, borrows american practice of federalism. Federalism gives cultural power to provinces, economic power to the federal government, shared political power: federalism was especially important to quebec. Especially important for quebec to agree to confederation. Ma(cid:374)y i(cid:374) que(cid:271)e(cid:272) see (cid:862)ca(cid:374)ada(cid:863) as a bargain between 2 distinct nations or cultures: means quebec is a distinct place in canada. If you see confederation differently you can cause conflict (see this in 20th century: anglophone canada see canada as a consolidation of an empire in northern british north america. Many in quebec (henri bourassa) hold a pan-canadian view of canada as comprising of equal rights for francophones and anglophones. Others in quebec see confederation as a consolidation of an empire. Maple leaf forever very british, debated as our national anthem. Metis settlers resist canadian and american expansion by creating their own government.