HIS311Y1 Lecture Notes - James Cross, Victoria Charter, Pierre Laporte
Document Summary
The quebec sovereignty movement: renee levesque was the premier of quebec who promoted peaceful secession from. Canada: he became a cabinet minsters in the early 1960s, eventually left the liberal party and formed the parti quebecois, sovereignty association is the idea that quebec will always be peaceful toward. Grappling with the threat of quebec separatism: pearson did not know how to handle the quebec situation -- never understood why they would want to leave, quebec"s economy was economically backward, most businesses were held by. Canada: pearson chose the ag as something to change -- the previous ags only re ected. Quebec -- jean marchand, gerard pelletier, and pierre trudeau. French trouble making, 1964-1967: pearson proved to be unable to contain quebec separatism, quebec separatism was also backed by french president charles de gaulle, promoted the french commonwealth -- felt that just canada was part of this.
