Secularism

Question 1

Quand était la loi sur la laïcite de l’État introduite?

Answer 1

Le 16 juin 2019

Question 2

Who founded la Maison de La litterature and in what year?

Answer 2

L’ICQ (Insititut Canadien de Quebec) in 1948

Question 3

When was le Centre de valorisation du patrimoine vivant created?

Answer 3

1981

Question 4

How many events does le Centre de valorisation du patrimoine vivant hold each year.

Answer 4

Over 300

Question 5

When was les Francos de Montréal introduced?

Answer 5

1989

Question 6

Who carried out a survey about francophone music being endangered, when, and which radio stations did they focus on?

Answer 6

ASDIQ (l’Association québécoise de l’industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo) in 2019 on the Montrealais stations CKOI, Energie, Rhythme and Rouge.

Question 7

Who introduced a quota for the Quebecois radios?

Answer 7

CRTC (Canadian radio and telecommunications commission)

Question 8

What percentage is the quota of music sung in French for radios in Quebec?

Answer 8

At least 65% weekly

Question 9

La Presse’s 2023 article reports that how many French young people in their 5th year of secondary failed the uniform French exam?

Answer 9

Nearly half

Question 10

What measures has Bernard Draineville put in place to combat the poor level of French?

Answer 10

None - he has said it is unaccebtable and he will combat it but not said how.

Question 11

When was l’Office de la langue française put in place, and what did it create?

Answer 11

1961, created tools (lexics and terminologies) to facilitate linguistic planning.

Question 12

Who published a report about the perception of the French language as a colonial language and when?

Answer 12

La Commission Gendron sur la situation de la langue française en 1972.

Question 13

When were the “programmes cadres” (national frameworks) introduced and why?

Answer 13

1969, because la commission Parent examined the education situation and found that there was not enough empnhasise on communicative aspects of language learning.

Question 14

Why were the “programmes cadres” criticised?

Answer 14

Because they put too much emphasis on the importance of the systematic learning of grammar and the spoken language.

Question 15

What percentage of people think they can’t write good French by the end of their secondary studies, who did this survey and when?

Answer 15

73%, P.Bouchard et J.Maurais in 1999

Question 16

What law reinforced the status of French as the sole language of the state and on what date?

Answer 16

La loi sur la langue officielle et commune du Québec, le 1er juin 2022.

Question 17

What does the CQCD stand for and what is its purpose?

Answer 17

Le conseil québécoise du commerce de detail. It acts as the intermediatery between the OQLE (l’Office quebecois de la langue francaise) and manufacturers, distributors and retailers of products. It also provides solutions to problems surrounding the application of the law.

Question 18

How is the word “sacre” used in quebecois and why?

Answer 18

Used to swear; represents the oppressive role the church played from the 17th century until the 1960s.

Question 19

What were the dates of the New France movement and why was this significant?

Answer 19

1534-1763; French was imposed on Canadians as a language of society. New France refers to the area in North America colonised by France during this period.

Question 20

Why did French people first come to Quebec?

Answer 20

To gain some social mobility or shelter themselves from religious persecution by a republican and secular France

Question 21

Who first settled in Quebec, when and why?

Answer 21

Jacques Cartier in 1534. He landed at present-day Gaspé and took possession of the land in name of the King of France.

Question 22

When did French once again become the language of civilisation and why?

Answer 22

During the 19th century when French became the languuage of the Catholic church.

Question 23

When was loi 101 introduced and who by?

Answer 23

1977 by Camille Laurin

Question 24

Under loi 101, what exception was there to the rule that all immigrants must undergo a French education.

Answer 24

Where an “entente de reciprocité” existed between Quebec and the immigrant’s Canadian province of origin.

Question 25

What judiciary contestation was there to loi 101 in 1980?

Answer 25

La Cour suprême de Canada a rendu caduc l’article de la charte faisant du français la langue officielle de l’Assemblée legistative et des tribunaux.

Question 26

What judiciary contestation was there to law 101 in 1984.

Answer 26

L’article 23 de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés limited the power conferred by the law to regulate the language of education. It ensured that children who had studied in a primary school elsewhere in Canada had the right to study in the anglophone public system in Quebec.

Question 27

When was billingual public signage introduced, by whom and what law and under what condition?

Answer 27

1988 by Robert Bourassa under le projet de loi 178, and it could only be on the inside of businesses.

Question 28

Who announced le projet de loi 96 and on what date?

Answer 28

Le gouvernement de la Coalition Avenir Québec, 1st June 2022.

Question 29

When was loi 22 put in place, by who and what did it do?

Answer 29

1974 by Robert Bourassa, it made French the official language of Quebec and obliged all immigrants arriving to enrol in a French language school.

Question 30

Who does le programme d’appui à la laïcité target?

Answer 30

Organisations “sans but lucratif”, research centres affiliated with an educational institution and people who work within a research organism.

Question 31

What are the aims of le programme d’appui à la laïcité?

Answer 31

1) create partnerships between those interested in secularism
2) support the distribution of research among the general public and the scientific community
3) favour the emergence of researchers who are interested in secularism

Question 32

What did la loi sur la laïcite de l’etat do?

Answer 32

It put secularism into la Charte quebecoise des droits et libertés de la personne.
It forbade the wearing of religious signs by certain people in positions of authority e.g. teachers.

Question 33

What four principles was la loi sur la laïcite de l’etat based on?

Answer 33

1) Seperation of religion and the state
2) Religious neutrality of the state
3) Equality of all citizens
4) Freedom of conscience and religion