Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pierre Trudeau, Quebec Nationalism, Official Multilingualism
31 Aug 2016
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Major questions: canada"s post-confederation history is characterized by ongoing conflict between french and english canadians. Religion, education, health care, language etc. is governed by the. Goal = try and keep linguistically grievances out of canadian. Saw canadian political community w/ british centered notion of. No ties to the british empire but w/ subgroup of french speaking. Saw confederation as a pact b/w two founding peoples (french and english) Pact was to increase cooperation but not to fully merge. Confederation pact was predicated to protect their culture, religion and powers. Many different grievances that pitted british vs. french. Manitoba school question (controversy about continued funding for french speaking schools) Conscription - forcing quebecois to fight for the british in a war they didn"t support. Francophone looked to quebec provincial government to protect their interests their interests. Because of ruling elite w/in quebec (in the early stages) Ruling elite - roman catholic church + political/social elites (wealthy land owners/senors)
