POL337Y1 Final: Final Exam Review - The exam shares most of the same questions each year, this is a thorough compilation of answers. This is a final compilation after consulting with 3 other groups' answers. Very detailed analysis of Canadian Constitutional Law.
16 Oct 2011
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Quebec wants to be considered a distinct society with its own culture and as such, feels it should be allowed special political, economic, and social privileges. Of course, language rights come into play heavily, especially during and after the quiet revolution into the charter era- attempt to have french recognized as quebec"s primary language and integrate others living in quebec into the french speaking majority. This has, more recently, manifested itself with the sovereignty question (the right to secede) - a 1980 referendum to negotiate limited sovereignty resulted in 60/40 split and more notably in the mid- 1990s with the secession reference case and second referendum which barely failed. It really gained momentum in the 1960"s and onwards. Quebequois want the federal government to acknowledge that. Canada is composed of two peoples, french and english canadians and therefore, the government of.
