POLB50Y3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Quebec Sovereignty Movement, Biculturalism, Quebec French
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It is difficult to use statistics on ethnic origin because so many canadians are now an ethnic mixture and because an increasing number prefer to call themselves canadian . It is more reliable to use figures for mother tongue, even though this is a measure of linguistics rather than ethnicity. After the quiet revolution of 1960s, the people of quebec suddenly changed their values. Suddenly, francophone quebeckers aggressively wanted control over all aspects of quebec life, including the economy and language policy, and began to call themselves quebecois . They just basically wanted more autonomy from ottawa. Related to such identities and central to the question of french-english relations and the position of quebec in canada is the phenomenon of quebec nationalism. This feeling of primary loyalty to quebec emanates from the widely held notion that it is home to a distinctive french-canadian nation, centred on language, ethnicity, culture, history, and territory.
