Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Roc Nation, Canadian Confederation, Distinct Society
15 Mar 2017
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Move from discussing institutions to discussing people in the political order. Politics involves political recognition of some groups but not others identity, self worth, etc. How was the state responded to the demands. Whose demands has the state responded to, and which interests has the state ignored. Regionalism territorially defined interests that make demands on the state. Linguistic (quebec) quiet revolution, new quebec nationalism which brought federal structure into question: quebec asking to be a french nation, distinct society in canada. Indigenous peoples dissatisfied with place in canadian confederation, want to be recognized as individuals who never ceded sovereignty to canadian state. Regionalism canada was founded on a compact entered into by the provinces, who came as a group to establish a federal nation: all equal partners in the confederation compact. Canada is a community of provinces, which all have equal standings: provincial equality, same legal status, powers.
