HIS263Y1 Lecture : LEC note
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Growing divisions: riel was only part of a growing division between the two cultures y manitoba schools question, 1890 elimination of bilingual and catholic schooling, in 1870 there was of the population that was catholic. French by 1890 catholics were less than 10% of the population, a lot of ontario protestants migrated to manitoba, catholics didn t have the political power to sustain the funding for separate schools the local. Issue became national y manitoba act 1871: protect religious minorities y. Remedial legislation : school s issue is a lightning rod symptom of a much broader conflict within canadian society, the metis were seen as soul mates to the quebeckers all. French canadians: argued increasingly that confederation was a bicultural compact, henri bourassa, 1904. Dalton mccarthy: argued the negativity of the special privileges of certain groups namely the catholic schools he advocated for the equality of all and that catholic schools have no place in ontario.
