SOCI 3430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Lester B. Pearson, Jean Lesage, Official Language
16 Mar 2016
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The dynamics of nation-building: french/english relations in historic perspective. 3 issues in canada"s nation building: quebec: british french relations, first nations: disputes over unfulfilled treaty promises. Immigrants and ethnic communities: issues around events that occurred generations ago. Recognize the importance of the french-english duality within canada. Understand the history of bilingualism in canada. North american in the 18 th century (map) Treaty of paris (1763) control of new france taken by great britain. 1791: new france divided into french-speaking lower canada (later quebec) and. 1840: great britain recommends french assimilation so merger upper and lower. Canada into a province of canada (a british colony) Maitres chez nous or masters in our town house : in other words, we have to have control. Government run health care and education: this would be controlled by the province and no one else. Develop science and technology: if you want to have power, you need to develop these.
