History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Asbestos Strike, Padlock Law, Quebec Act
19 Jul 2012
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Lecture 18 part 2 la r volution tranquille. The quiet revolution/la r volution tranquille: redefined french canadian nationalism. Changed from inward looking to an outward looking modern province. Afraid of losing their culture, even with the quebec act. French have good reason to be skeptical. System of defense to protect themselves from an english- speaking world and everything that quebec is not: education in quebec still controlled by the catholic church. No school boards, etc. like there was in all the other provinces. Many left quebec for education, to english canada or us: said that because of duplessis, canada stayed in the dark age, padlock law. Government could evict any person and destroy goods without due cause. Very harsh, repressive, in force for 20 years; overturned by the. Supreme court in 1957: duplessis took hard and oppressive measures during asbestos strike. Catholic church splits as a result: some support duplessis and others supported the strikers.
