EQ1/4 Flashcards
When did Canada become a nation?
- On 1841, upper Canada (Ontario) and lower Canada (Quebec) merged together to form one province = Canada
- Renamed Canada west and Canada east
- The new province had one legislative made up of equal # of reps from each province
- English was the only language allowed in the legislature b us they anted to assimilate Francophones into anglophone culture
Responsible govt
- only answers to Canadian citizens, not the British colonial representatives.
- A govt that is accountable to its citizens for its actions
Visión of cañada
- Anglophones and francophones work together
British north american act
- July 1, 1867
- passed by a the british parliament, created canada as a new domestically self governing federation
- Includes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec
Representative vs Responsible government
Rep:
* Federal and Provincial
* Preserves british (anglophone) heritage
* Promote language and culture of francophones
Resp:
* Independent canada
* A single government
* No interference from britain
Why confederation?
- Threat of american invasion and takeover
- Transcontinental railroad (canada pacific railway)
- Establish trade links (settlement of western canada)
- Changing british attitudes (controlling the colony of canada)
Dominion of canada
- July 1,1867
- Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick’s Nova Scotia
*Between 1867 and 1999, six more provinces and three territories joined confederation
John A. MacDonald
- First PM of Canadian nation state
- Canada from sea to sea - promised the canada pacific railway
- Bought Rupert’s land from Hudson’s bay company and negotiated land treaties wjth FNP
Wilfred Laurier
- 7th PM (1896-1911), first francophone PM
- Expansion to the west to avoid an american invasion
- Appointed Clifford Sifton to set up immigration offices in Europe
- Ranking of immigrants: British/ Americans, polish, ukrainians and finn’s and norwegians
Clifford sifton
- Polititian
- Best known for aggressive promotion of immigration to settle the prairie west
*Immigration rose under his leadership: 16,835 p/y in 1896 to 141,465 p/y in 1905
- Only those who could farm the rest can immigrate
wHAT ARE NON-LOYALTYS?
a loyalty which is not embedded in the idea of a nation
6 types of non loyalts
- Class
- Religious
- Regional
- Ideological
- Cultural
- Racial or Ethnic
Non Loyaltys - Class
loyalty to people from a particular social sector
Non Loyaltys - Religious
loyalty to a religious organization, its beliefs and values
Non Loyaltys - Regional
Loyalty to a region and the interests of the local people
Non Loyaltys - Ideological
loyalty to shared ideas about how society should work
Non Loyaltys - Cultural
loyalty to a way of life (including food and entertainment)
Non Loyaltys - Racial or Ethnic
Loyalty to people of tje same racial or thnic background
3 ways to addres loyaltys coming into conflict
live with it
choose among loyaltys
activism to pursue cahnge
Cultural plurlism
when smaller groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identities.
their values and practices are accepted by the wider dominant culture if they are legal and accepted