Transcript Power and countervailing powers

Chapter 4
3.1 Amerindians &
Administrators

Actors
 Governors
 Innu
 Iroquois
 Etc.
3.1 Amerindians &
Administrators

Demands by the Amerindians
 Military support against their enemies
 European products (Rifles)
3.1 Amerindians &
Administrators

Means used by Amerindians to influence
the administrators
 Declare war
 Supply fur
3.1 Amerindians &
Administrators
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Effects of power relations
 Ex. Champlain’s expedition against the
Iroquois on the Richelieu river
 Signing of the Great Peace of Montreal
 French use of Amerindian customs in
diplomacy
 Ongoing military presence in the territory of
the colony
3.2 Administrators & France
(Mother country)

Player
 Company of One Hundred Associates
 Jean Talon, Minister of the Marine
3.2 Administrators & France
(Mother country)
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Demands made by the administrators
 Financial resources
 Military resources
3.2 Administrators & France
(Mother country)

Means used by the administrators to
influence the decisions of the mother
country
 Exchange correspondances (letters)
 Draft briefs (law proposals)
3.2 Administrators & France
(Mother country)

Effects of the power relations
 Publication of orders and edicts
 Submission to the French authority in the
colony
 Little economic diversification in the colony.
3.3 Church & State

Player
 King
 Monseigneur de Laval
 Frontenac
3.3 Church & State

Demands made by the Church
 Prohibition on trading alcohol
3.3 Church & State
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Means used by the Church to influence
the State
 Complaining to the king about the actions of
some governors
 Making a commitment to convert more
Amerindians
3.3 Church & State
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Effects of the power relations
 Alliance to impose public order in the colony
 Revocation of governors D’Avaugour and
Frontenac
 Prohibition on performing Moliere’s comedy
Tartuffe
 Granting of seigneuries to religious
communities
C. Contemporary Period
1. Church & State

A) Players:
 Monseigneur Laflèche
 Boucher de Boucherville
 The Duplessis Government
 Frère Untel (Jean-Paul Desbiens)
1. Church & State
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B) Demands
 Colonization of new regions
 Amendments to the bill concerning the
creation of a department of education
1. Church & State
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C) Means used
 Foundation of catholic union
 Support strikers in some circumstances
1. Church & State
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D) Effects
 Colonization of new regions
 Refusal to give women the right to vote
2. Financial circles & State
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A) Players:
 Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
 J. A. Macdonald
 Electricity trust
2. Financial circles & State
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B) Demands
 Incom tax reduction
 Subsidies
 Easing of regulations
2. Financial circles & State

C) Means
 Contributing at certain times to the funding
of political parties
 Constituting lobby groups
2. Financial circles & State
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D) Effect
 Nationalization of hydroelectric companies
 Creation of crown corporations for economic
purposes
 Passage the Act to govern the financing of
political parties
3. Native & State

A) Players:
 Riel
 The Assembly of First Nations of Québec
and Labrador
 Governments of Canada and Québec
3. Native & State
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B) Demands
 Respect for Native and Treaty rights
 Political autonomy
3. Native & State
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C) Means
 Formation of provisional government at Red
River
 Addressing protests at the UN
 Breaching the peace
3. Native & State
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D) Effects
 The Hanging of Riel and eight Amerindians
 The end of the official policy of assimilation
 The signing of the James Bay and Northern
Québec Agreement.
3. Native & State
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E) Paix des braves
 Partnership based on trust and mutual
respect for land development
 Compliance with the principles of
sustainable development and the traditional
lifestyle
4. Unions & State
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A) Players:
 The Knights of labour
 Monseigneur Charbonneau
 Confédération des travailleurs catholiques
du Canada/Canadian catholic confederation
of labour
 Labour confederations
4. Unions & State
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B) Demands
 Prohibition of child labour
 Deduction of union dues at source
 Reconciliation of work and family life
4. Unions & State
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C) Means
 Testifying before the Royal Commission on
the Relations of Labor and Capital
 Forming of a common front
 Publishing of the Manifests des grévistes
4. Unions & State
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D) Effects
 Recognition of labour associations
 Intervention by the provincial police during
labour conflicts
 Passage of the Act respecting labour
standards
5. Feminist groups & State
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Players
 Suffragettes
 The Fédération des femmes du Québec
 Eva Circé-Côté
 Adélard Godbout
5. Feminist groups & State
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Demands
 Right to vote (1940 in Québec)
 Implementation of a public daycare policy
5. Feminist groups & State
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Means
 Calling for a strike at Dupuis frères (1952)
 Organizing the march Du pain et des roses
5. Feminist groups & State
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Effects
 Passage of the Women’s Minimum Wage
Act
 Appointment of women to the boards of
directors of Crown corporations
 Introduction of provisions on maternity leave
into the Act respecting labour standards
6. Media & State
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Players
 André Laurendeau
 L’Action catholique
 Claude Ryan
 The Gazette
6. Media & State
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Roles
 Informing the population
 Conducting investigations
6. Media & State
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Demands
 Access to government information
 Protection of sources of information
6. Media & State
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Means
 Maintaining a presence in the press gallery
 Broadcasting reports
6. Media & State
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Effects
 Passage of legislation on censorship
 Recognition of freedom of the press
 Passage of the Act respecting access to
documents held by public bodies and the
protection of personal information
7. Linguistic groups & State
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Players
 The Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste
 Alliance Québec
 The Governments of Canada and Québec
7. Linguistic groups & State
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Demands
 Recognition of the French language in
Québec
 Amendments to the rules for commercial
signs
7. Linguistic groups & State
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Means
 Challenging sections of language laws
 Organizing demonstrations
 Taking cases to court
7. Linguistic groups & State
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Effects
 Creation of the Office de la langue française
 Imposition of a percentage of French-
language content for radio and TV
broadcasts
 Passage of language laws
8. Nationalist movements & State
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Players
 The Ligue pour la défense du Canada
 Henri Bourassa
 René Lévesque
 Trudeau
8. Nationalist movements & State
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Demands
 A change of political status of Québec
 Passage of laws to protect the French
language
8. Nationalist movements & State
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Means
 Organizing Les États généraux du Canada
français
 Founding political parties
 Organizing demonstrations
8. Nationalist movements & State
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Effects
 The holding of a plebiscite on conscription
for service overseas
 Application of the War Measures Act during
the October Crisis
 The holding of referendums
 Passage of the Clarity Act