Quiz 1 Part 2 Flashcards
Political Environment
Issues from Confederation
- Relationship between French and English (dualism)
- Regionalism
- Continentalism
Dualism
Existential (solve the relationship between the French and English)
Bilingual (legally and in theory)
Immigrants chose what language of education for children
English
Sharp decline of French Language
“Bilingual Belt”
Understanding Dualism
ind approach
Ind language rights
language rights wherever you are
Institutional or territorial principle
Language group rights provincially based
French Quebec/English elsewhere
Nov 27, 2006
Conservatives approve motion that Quebec form a nation within a United Canada
La survivance
Preserve the French power in Canada & Focused on preventing any changes to the constitution that would diminish French power
Quiet Revolution
Capital speaks English
Labor speaks French = Unacceptable
healthcare, welfare, education, still controlled by the church
Maitres Chez Nous
“Masters in their own House”
- Language and culture they’re protected
Rattrapage
Move things forward
Quebec Political Culture
Nationalism - expanded provincial powers
- Asymmetric federalism
- Just because Quebec gets power doesn’t mean every province should
- Distinct nation
- Egalitarian/progressive
- French vs English
Quebec Political Culture: Economy
Fur trade
Linguistic basis
Capital - English / Labor - French
Quebec Political Culture: Immigration
France
Durham Strategy: attempt to destroy the French
-Survivance
- “English and the ethnic vote”
Quebec Political Culture: Formative Events
- Conquest
- 1837 rebellion
- confederation
- riel
- conscription
- quiet revolution
- bill 101
- Meech Lake accord
Responses to Dualism
- Federal System
- Official language Act
- Chart
- Meech Lake Accord
- Charlottetown Accord
- Parliament Motion
- Calgary Declaration
- Quebec secession Reference
- 2006: House of commons resolution: Quebec constitute a nation within a united Canada
Challenges of Dualism
- Riel
- Empire Relations
- Conscription
- FLQ (terrorist movement, wanted to Mae changes in violent measures, kidnapped and murdered cabinet ministers, unacceptable, should be done on peaceful terms
- Bill 101 (Language, Education, French Face)
Referendum
1980
1992
1995
2014 charter of Quebec Values
Is Quebec a distinct society
Language
culture
attitude (left wing, supporter of gay marriage, more collectivist)
Regionalism
Too much geography
- reinforces the importance of regionalism through federalism
- Thought of as a problem in politics
Why aren’t regional interests and demands accomodated?
-Been inadequate in satisfying the demands of regional interests and populations by dividing power
Federal policies have
favoured central Canada over the Peripheries
Mapping the regions, How many regions does Canada have?
Political regions: 10 provinces, 3 territories
What is a region
An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries
How many regions
: Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, West Region
- Subnational unit
- Territorially based community
- Conscious of distinctiveness
