SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Quebec French, Mario Dumont, Hasidic Judaism
Document Summary
In feb. 2007, quebec society displeased with whats going on in province, unreasonable accommodations; bouchard and taylor hired to investigate the issue, and report back in 2 years time. The two men appointed to investigate: charles taylor (canadian philosopher), and sociologist(bouchard) on what future of quebec should be!! there seemed to be growing insecurity in quebec amongst francophone; particularly around. Muslims! idea that has crept into society that muslims where taking over canadian society: report: how much distortion existed in respect to objective facts. And subjective perceptions that in some way, muslims where taking over: muslims only 1. 5 % of population in 2007, but perception was different! the courts were bending over backwards! 900 briefs were submitted by groups, individuals, associations. 241 people testified during 31 days of hearings. 13 research projects were commissioned and completed by academic researchers. Significant number of quebecois have a negative judgment of accommodation practices .
