Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Distinct Society, Mixed Group, Compactor
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Major questions: what does a society centered approach to politics entail, when talking about a society based approach, when looking at a society based apporahc, we move away from the instititutions, and start looking at people. Section 35 of the constitutional act 1982 contains aboriginal and treaty rights. Aboriginal rights were constitutionally entrenched and then were recognized. French, and the rest of country, is the home of the. English founding people: with this vision, the quebec government has a very specific, and important responsibility. Quebec"s government is a national government in this view. They have to protect the culture and way of life of the. They believe that french canadian nation is equal to the rest of canada. As soon as you recognize them, a transfer of powers would have to occur to protect that distinct society: the second variant, is linguistic dualism.