POLS 205 Lecture Notes - War Measures Act, Supermajority, Clarity Act
12 Oct 2012
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The assumption is that over time, the population would become english. Riel rebellions: led to manitoba being recognized as a province, protestants feel his death is justified, french language rights. A few crises played into decentralizing quebec. Wwi: when britain entered the war, canada was automatically included. Wwii referendum: may have eroded conservative support in quebec. Mackenzie king: had a strong representation from quebec, entered wwii as an independent country, 80% of english canada voted yes, 73% of voters in quebec voted no. Led to problem for king (quebec act of 1774) Felt they were powerless in national decision making: pre-1960s summary. Quiet revolution began in 1960: lesage. Expanded role of government into areas where church was active. Demanded larger power and resources from feds. In 1970, the parti quebecois was formed by rene levesque. Flq decided to take their extreme approach violently: kidnapped british consul, unusual political event, trudeau invoked war measures act.
