Transcript The Modernization of Quebec Society

Chapter 6: Lesson 6
Quebec Affirms its ____________
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Quiet Revolution is over
 Quebec affirms its national status as ______
and ____________.
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Hosted two major international events:
 1967 world exposition called,
“______________________”
 1976 _______________.
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Massive Construction Projects:
 Montreal’s underground metro system (1966)
 ____________________on the Manicouagan
River and Outarde River
 _______________International Airport
 Various new schools and government buildings
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During these two decades, citizens of
Quebec considered their province to be a
nation, distinct from other Canadian
provinces.
 Identified with their French cultural heritage
○ Many artists represented this in their music and
playwrights – some were quite miliant
_______________________
The conviction to affirm Quebec
nationalism – began questioning the
province’s place in Canada.
 1960s-70s: governments tried to get
power back from Canada government.

 Social affairs, health, education, taxation
and economic development.
 Also reached out for support from
___________________________________.
Federal government would not _______
these powers easily.
 Differences between Federal and provincial
causes tension within Quebec.

 Some __________ with Canada, but wanted to
maintain Quebec’s status within Canada
 Others wanted to attain additional powers and
autonomy for the province
○ Some so strongly – they wanted to ___________
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1968 – _________________________
_______________
 Established Parti Mouvement Souverainete-
association and later the Parti Quebecois
 To fight for Quebec sovereignty
 Many Francophone baby boomers joined
the _____________________.
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Quebec’s unemployment rates rose, price of
consumer goods increased, decrease in purchasing
powers
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_______________ government tried to support the
province growth by creating jobs
 large projects of construction, ‘ project of the century’-
hydro dam in James Bay
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1976: lost election to PQ
 _____________ more in the economy
 encourages the development of natural resources and
develop agricultural industries
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1978 ____________________________ passed to
reserve the best land in Quebec for farming
 1978:
Naskapis in Northeastern
Quebec signed the ______________
______________________
 Quebec could develop mining,
hydroelectric, and forestry resources
 protected
culture
________________________
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Aboriginals not a fan of the James Bay project
 hadn’t been consulted, angry that it would destroy
their land and their territory’s ecosystem
 filed a suit against the government to block
construction
 1973: Judge Albert Malouf ordered it to stop
construction
 overturned one week later in the Court of Appeals
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1975: Aboriginals signed the James Bay and
Northern Quebec Agreement
 permission to go ahead with the project
 received 234 million dollars in return
 also protected their culture and traditional ways of
life
The October Crisis
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October 1970:
 _____________________________(FLQ)
kidnapped the British diplomat James Richard
Cross and the Liberal provincial minister Pierre
Laporte
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demanded Quebec’s ________________
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____________ found dead a few days later
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Bourassa government denounced the
terrorism and asked the federal government to
intervene
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Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau enacted the
_________________________
 allowed authorities to search without warrants and
arrest anyone suspect
 resulted in people distrusting the government
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Canadian Army called in to occupy the city of
Montreal

___________________________

__________________ re-elected in 1973

PQ became the __________________ in
Parliament with 30% of the vote
The Parti Quebecois Rises to Power
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1976: PQ won the election
 71 seats in the National Assembly
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Rene Levesque - party leader
 promised to hold a referendum
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advocated a social _____________ ideology and strong
__________________
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new social reforms
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sovereignty (state is not subordinate to another state)
question a major issue still

first point: become sovereignty
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__________________________
The Language Issue
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With the decline in birthrate, French
language was again a debate
 English immigrants were sending their
children into the ___________________
○ Better chances for work in the future
○ Economic success
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___________________________
Laws on the Language of
Education
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1969 – Loi pour promouvoir la langue
francaise au Quebec (Bill 63)
 The Act Promoting the French language in
Quebec
 Designed to promote the _______________
language in Quebec
 Supporters of French language were not
satisfied
○ Law did _____________________ from
sending children to English schools.
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1974 – Loi sur la langue officielle (Bill 22)
 The Official Language Law
 Established _____________ as the official
language of Quebec
 Access to English schools was limited to children
who passed an ________________________.
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1977 – The Charter of the French
Language (Bill 101)
 _________________ that French was the
only official language of Quebec
 English education was available only to
children who had at least one parent who
had followed an English education
○ ___________________________
 Some Anglophones formed “__________
______________”
○ Contested law in court
○ ___________________
○ But law still stands
Homework Assignment
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