Counterpoints notes Flashcards
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QUEBEC NATIONALISM
Premier Maurice Duplessis and his ______party strongly promoted Quebec nationalism; they believed that Quebec was a ______ society and blank rather than just another province. To demonstrate this, he introduced a new Quebec flag which contained the French symbol ____
UNION NATIONAL
DISTINCTIVE SOCIETY AND NATION
FLEUR-DE-LYS
THE QUIET REVOLUTION
After Duplessis died in 1959, __ CAME INTO POWER. Their election slogan was ____. They did this by: getting rid of corruption in the government, increasing ____ and ____ allowing more freedom for trade unions, investing in education, and making more kids attend school to take science and technology.
JEAN LESAGE
TIME FOR A CHANGE
WAGES, PENSIONS
THE QUIET REVOLUTION
During this time of the 1960s, the influence of the ________ declined, Quebec became more secular ___ was a motto that the liberals invented in 1962. It reflected a growing Quebec pride and anger at the unfair way they had just been treated by Ottawa
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
MATRES CHEZNOUS
THE QUIET REVOLUTION
____ was overwhelmingly English-speaking; federal politicians from Quebec weren’t often given ___ positions. French Canadians did not have their own ____ and _____ in other parts of Canada. Quebec’s Francophone majority was expected to speak English in their day to day life
KEY CABINET
SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS
THE FLQ
These feelings led to Quebec ______ and ____ many people in quebec, including some young radicals, believed the only solution to these problems lay in Quebec, including some young radicals, believed the only solution to these problems lay in Quebec becoming a new independent country
NATIONALISM
SEPARATISM
THE FLQ
The FLQ ____ used terrorist methods to promote ______ in an effort to dissuade people in Quebec from wanting to separate from Canada. Trudeau introduced the ______ in 1969, making Canada officially bilingual.
FROMT DE LIBERATION DE QUEBEC
PARTI QUEBECOIS
OFFICIAL LAUNGUAGE ACT
OCTOBER CRISIS
In Oct 1970, members of the FLQ kidnapped a British diplomat named ____ from his home. They held him for ransom in exchange for several demands, including the release of the FLQ members serving prison sentences. The federal and Quebec authorities agreed to some of these demands, but they would not release the FLQ members in prison. In response to this, the FLQ members kidnapped Quebec Labour minister _________
JAMES CROSS
PIERRE LAPORTE
TRUDEAU’S RESPONCE TO THE OCTOBER CRISIS
Trudeau felt the situation was getting out of hand, so he imposed the _____under this act, civil rights were suspended Federal troops patrolled the streets of Ottawa and Montreal. They could arrest anyone Hundreds of pro-separatist Quebeckers were arrested and detained without charge. When asked by reporters how far he was willing to go, Trudeau responded ________. Two months later, police found Cross held captive in a house. In exchange for his release, the FLQ kidnappers were allowed safe passage to Cuba, where they were given political asylum. The October Crisis was over.
WAR MEASURES ACT
JUST WATCH ME
PIERRE LAPURTE
THE PARTI QUEBECOIS
in____ Quebec elected a separatist party called the Quebecois
______ was the leader. He promised a province-wide referendum on separation from Canada.
1976
levesque
THE 1980 REFERENDUM
In 1980, Rene Levesque and the PQ held a referendum. Levesque asked Quebeckers to vote “yes”, to allow him. to invoke_______
• Pierre Trudeau campaigned strongly against it, promising to negotiate a ______Quebeckers
voted against separating.
Results of the 1980 Referendum:
____YES
____ No
• Trudeau’s promise of a __________
persuaded many Quebeckers to vote against it.
Soverienty-association
renewed federalism
40
60
new constitutional agreement
THE PARTI QUEBECOIS
The #1 priority for the PQ was to improve the status of the French language. Soon after taking office, passes bill 101 which was called the ____ Bill 10 made ____ the only official language and province.
Government.employees would only speak French Businesses could only have French showing on their signs
Immigrant students had to attend ______
Charter of the French language
french
french schools
Patriating the Constitution
• Trudeau followed through on his promise to Quebeckers, and in 1982 Trudeau was able to patriate the Constitution, this means that the Canadian govemment would _______
* (prior to 1982, Canada’s Constitution could only be changed by the British parliament)
* Quebec did not agree with these changes, fearing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms could be used to override their __________
But Trudeau went ahead with it anyway.
have the power to change it’s constitution
language and culturural matters
The Constitution Debate - The Meech Lake Accord
Since 1982, there have been attempts to get Quebec to sign the Constitution.
- Meech Lake Accord (1987) would have recognized Quebec as a _____ and all provinces _____power over changing the constitution.
distinct society
Quebec supported this Accord, but Manitoba and Newfoundland did not, so by 1990 it fell apart.
Quebeckers were angry at its defeat
___support for separation in 1990
Formation of the _______
occurred, a federal separatist party.
distinct society
veto
50
bloc quebecois
The Constitution Debate - The Charlottetown Accord
• Charlottetown Accord (1992)
- Proposed senate reform, aboriginal self-government, and permanently giving Quebec at least 25% of the seats in the ______
- Was put to a national referendum
• _____of Canadians said no
- BC’ers were most strongly against it ___ believing it gave Quebec too much power
- Quebeckers were also against it, believing it gave the West too much power (many Senate seats), _________would affect a
large portion of Northern Quebec.
house of common
54.3
aboriginal self government
1995 Referendum
: In 1995, Quebec held another referendum on ______
from Canada.
_____% voted “yes”
_____% voted “no”
The close result shocked many Canadians
• Chretien’s Liberal government passed the “clarity bill” which laid down the ground rules for any future separation referenda.
sovereignty
49.2
50.58
when did Duplessis die
in 1959
when was the october crisis
1970
since ___ there have been attempts to get Quebec to sign the Constitution
1982
prior to 1982 canadas constitution could only be changed by
british parliament
leech lake accord was
1987
charlottetown Accord was in
1992
what was the 1995 Referendum
The 1995 Quebec Referendum was a vote on whether Quebec should secede from Canada.
