Meanning of Treaty and Bills ect

Question 1

Quebec Act

Answer 1

It is a serie of accomodations.

• French law is maintened in lower court (system of law).
• Civil servants had to swear allegiance to the Kig of England (cf Act of Supremacy) but not as “the head of the English Church)
• Preservation of Language.
• Catholic Church with its priest (not its hierarchy) was maintain.

Question 2

Constitutional Act (1791)

Answer 2

4 colonial contitution granted by the King.
(Lower Canada, Upper Canada, N-B and N-S)

Each colony : 
-> 1 English governor
-> 1 elected assembly
(by male property owner)
-> 1 nominated upper council (by the governor)

Question 3

“Affairs of British North America” 1839

Answer 3

= a report wrote by Lord Durham.

• > creation of one colony (English so one parliament + equal proportion btw two provinces)
• > lack of French canadian History and culture.
• > emigration program

Question 4

Treaty of Oregon (1847)

Answer 4

Anglo-American border in the West along the 49th parallel.

Question 5

British North American Act 1867

Answer 5

• > birth of the Canadian Dominion.
• > it is now a confederation.
• > British monarch = head of the State (HOME RULE)
• > 1 Parliament with Low House and Senate.
• > provincial constitution and a flag.
• > defined the dostribution of powers btw the provinces and federal power/

Question 6

Massy Report 1951

Answer 6

Wrote by the Massey Commission.

GOAL ?
-> to assess the state of arts and culture in Canada.

RECOMMENDATION ?
-> federal funding for a wide range of Canadan cultural initiatives.

Question 7

Révolution Tranquille.

1960

Answer 7

cultural and social reform

+ état de providence.

Question 8

Commonwealth of Nation

1931

Answer 8

It allows the dominion to contril its own domestic and foreign affairs and to establish its own diplomatic corps.

Question 9

Bilingualism and Biculturalism Commission. 1963

Answer 9

= Two commissionners Dunton and Laurendeau.
= public hearing. toured the provinces.

GOAL ?

• > to assess the reality of biculturalism (“equal partnership” , “equal oportunity”) for the two main cultural gps.
• > to measure the extent of bilingualism
• > if time provided to asess the contribution of “other ethnic groups”.

Question 10

Final Report of the B&B commission

Answer 10

• > biculturalism was dead, instead numerous culture.
• > assessed how Canadian people percieved their nation + how cultural communities concieved their own ethnic perception.

Question 11

Royal Commission of 1964

Answer 11

cf Great Flag debate.
(Red Ensign = too British)

RESULT ?
> adoption of the Marple Leaf flag as national flag.

Question 12

Loi sur les langues officielles 1969

Answer 12

French and English are both recognised as official languages of Canada.

Question 13

Loi 101 (1977)

Answer 13

Gouvernement de Lévesque.

• > régulasition de l’enseignement en anglais.
• > Affiche, emballage, mode d’emploi ect le français doit être prédominant.
• > le français doit être prédominant sur le lieu de travail. Pour promotions ou job refusé pour cause de bilinguilisme => doit être prouvé.

Question 14

Charter of Right and Freedom

Answer 14

to enshrine Multiculturalism.

• > it is a part of the Canadian constitution.
• > it set the basic rules about how Canada operates.
• > it is a set of law.

Question 15

Canadian Multiculturalism Act.

Answer 15

= an Act for the preservation and enhancement of multiculturalism in Canada.

= affirms the policy of the Government of Canada that every Canadian recieves equal treatment by the government whivch respects and celebrates diversity.

= recognizes Canada’s multicultural heritage and that this heritage must be protected (rrecognizes the Aboriginal rights).

Question 16

Charte des droits de la liberté de la personne (1975)

Answer 16

= adopté a l’unanimité a l’assemblé national du Québec.

= texte fondamental du système juridique québecois.

= recognize that people that live in Quebec are equal in worth and dignity.

= to enshrine human right and harmonises citizen relation between themself and their institution.

Question 17

Meech Lake Accord 1987

Answer 17

a round table to write the constitution organized by the Conservative governement.
=> a clause stipulating that any constitutional interpretation had to be consistent with the recognition of Québec as a distinct society within Canada.
=> the Constitution was to ensure that the Parliament and the Government of Québec would have a role in the protection and promotion of the distinct nature of Québec.

FAILED because it did not receive enough support of the other province.

Question 18

Bouchard-Taylor Commission (2008)

Answer 18

Consultation Commission on Acodomation Practices Ralated to Cultural Differences.

• > first attempt to implement “interculturalism” instead of “multiculturalism”
• > “accommodements raisonnables” (=a way to accommodate religious differences in otherwise secular nation)

Question 19

Loi sur la Laïcité de l’Etat

Answer 19

-> a neutral public space (contradicting “multiculturalism” policy)

= a new securalism or “laicity” bill to affirm religious neutrality.

Question 20

Quebec nation motion (2006)

Answer 20

“That this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada.”

However it did not led to the recognition of special measures. It has no legal consequence.