GEOG 328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Quebec Sovereignty Movement, Jean Lesage, Chisasibi
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The town had to be built according to the oil resource in alberta. However, the town did not actually have enough housing stock for people living there, hence there were a lot of people stacked up with marginal housing. Cultural and political unrest --> has roots in quiet revolution (1960s) by the jean lesage liberal government. Replaced the catholic church as the leader and protector of the. French culture --> in history before this time, the church was a. Great protector of the people and was very highly valued. They created the hydro-qu bec --> was a nationalized private firm. Formed a secular, modern education system, open to all --> attempted to take education away from the church and wanted them to only focus on a secular function. Steered quebec pension plan funds into quebec firms --> this meant that the francophone business sector would be more supported.
