CMN 3155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pierre Trudeau, Distinct Society, Meech Lake Accord
13 Oct 2016
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Quebec: political view around language, radical (cid:883)96(cid:882)"s, flq crisis in 1970. Punctuated revolution with removal or the church. Radical departure of catholic values (resistance to change) (resistance to social progress: conservatism was rejected, 1976 election formed a majority government only 8 years after its creation. Example: of the onset looking for political partied that can gain votes and take power because they represent sample shifts in their jurisdiction (emergence of the party quebecois) Pq 1968 rene l vesque: sovereignty association separation. Must have power in their own house to be able to defend and make decisions best for quebecers. Increases power to the quebec government coming from the federal government (ottawa) Biggest driver is to be (cid:498)ma tre de chez nous(cid:499) They aren"t under the same civil code as the rest of canada. They must defend their language, power, civil code. Only way to achieve this was to have the sovereignty association. 40% did want the sovereignty association (rene.
