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FRENCH-ENGLISH RELATIONS

FRENCH-ENGLISH RELATIONS. BY: Harkirat Ahluwalia, Ekonkar jouhal , O mar karim , Pardeep dhaliwal. Quiet Revolution.

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FRENCH-ENGLISH RELATIONS

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  1. FRENCH-ENGLISH RELATIONS BY: Harkirat Ahluwalia, Ekonkarjouhal, Omar karim, Pardeepdhaliwal

  2. Quiet Revolution • In the election of 22 June 1960, the Liberals broke the hold of the Union National, taking 51 seats and 51.5% of the popular vote as compared to the latter's 43 seats and 46.6% of the vote. Under Jean Lesage, the Québec Liberal Party had developed a coherent and wide-ranging reform platform. The main issue of the election was indicated by the Liberal slogan, "It's time for a change." As a new middle class battled for greater control over Québec's economic resources, bitter and divisive attempts were made to redefine the role of francophone society in Canada.

  3. FLQ-Crisis • The October Crisis began 5 October 1970 with the kidnapping of James CROSS, the British trade commissioner in Montréal, by members of the FLQ. It rapidly devolved into the most serious terrorist act carried out on Canadian soil after another official, Minister of Immigration and Minister of Labour pierrelapote, was kidnapped and killed. The crisis shook the career of recently elected Liberal Premier Robert Bourassa, who solicited federal help along with Montréal Mayor jean drapeu. This help would lead to the only invocation of the War Measures Act during peacetime in candian history.

  4. Bill 101 • René levesque, a new language law was a high priority. After publishing a White Paper on the subject (1977), it introduced billl 1, strongly supported by nationalist and union groups among other stakeholders, and just as sharply opposed by management circles and the province's Anglophone population. The bill was withdrawn because of pressure from the Liberal opposition and reappeared as Bill 101.

  5. Bill 22 • Bill 22 sponsored by the Québec Liberal govt of Robert bourassa and passed by the legislature July 1974. It made French the language of civic administration and services, and of the workplace. Only children who could demonstrate sufficient knowledge of another language of instruction would be not allowed from receiving their instruction in French.

  6. Official language act • Official Languages Act (1969), federal statute that declares French and English to be the official languages of Canada, and under which all federal institutions must provide their services in English or French at the customer's choice.

  7. Meech lake accord • In 1987 the Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney attempted to win Québec's consent to the revised Canadian Constitution, following the Québec government's rejection of it in 1981.

  8. Bi & bi commision • In 1963, the Pearson government convened the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism to study the state of bilingualism and biculturalism in Canada.  Jointly chaired by André Laurendeau, editor of Le Devoir, and Davidson Dunton, president of CarletonUniversity, the commission published a final report in 1969 outlining its recommendations.  Fifty years later, repercussions of this inquiry, which brought many changes to federal policies and to the advancement of human rights, are still felt in the lives

  9. Charlestown accord • The Charlottetown Accord of 1992 was a failed, joint attempt by the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and all 10 provincial premiers to amend the Canadian Constitution, specifically to obtain Quebec's consent to the Constitution Act of 1982.

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