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Conscription WW1
Conscription in World War 1 divided the French and English cultures apart more than they were previously. When Borden introduced conscription the French thought that it was just to get rid of Quebec citizens. The French fought throughout world war 1 about this act. (Jones, Granatstien) - Griffin -
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Conscription WW2
Conscription changed at this time because nobody wanted conscription but knew we needed it. The British wanted this for the french to volunteer but the french didn't still and the fighting continued. (Conscription Plebiscite) - Liam -
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The Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution stated with the Liberal government of Jean Lesage who was called "Father of the Quiet Revolution". He was elected in the June of 1960 provincial election, after Duplessis' death (Durocher). Abdalrahman (picture would not work). -
Bilingualiam and Biculturism
One of the most influential commissions in Canadian history, the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism in 1963–69 brought a lot of changes to federal and provincial language policy.(Laing) -Lyndsay -
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FLQ Crisis
Fronte de Liberation du Quebec was a French group of separatists that felt that the English speaking Canadians were Superior to them. to fix this they became a terrorist group. They started bombing English speaking parts of Montreal to make a statement. They then kidnapped member of parliament James Cross and held him hostage for 59 days and kidnapped Pierre Laporte and strangled him to death. in return for James Cross they were flown to Cuba(Cruxton/Wilson,369). -Jessica (pictures wont work) -
Bill 101
Bill 101, is a law passed in Quebec stating that French is an official language of the province. This caused a lot of tension because it was passed by the Bloc-Quebecois (Behiels, Hudon) -Liam -
Referendum of 1980
The referendum of 1980 was the first in the province of Quebec and 15 years after there was the referendum of 1995. The referendum was about Quebec voting whether they should separate from Canada or not. About 42% of Quebec voted "Yes" for the separation and 58% voted "No" (Millette and Lambert). Abdalrahman -
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Meech Lake Accord
In the mid 1980's Prime Minister Mulroney came up with a constitutional act that involved Quebec, but the approval was delayed by Elijah Harper from June 23,1990. Was signed by all provinces on April 30, 1987(Gall). -Jessica(pictures wont work) -
Charlottetown Accord
A group of amendments of the constitution of Canada, It was announce by the Canadian Federal and provincial government in 1992. Then they submitted a public referendum on October 26th. That year the referendum was defeated (Gall) . -Lyndsay -
Quebec Referendum of 1995
The Quebec referendum of 1995 was the second attempt to ask Quebec citizens if they wanted to separate from Canada, and become it's own country. Fortunately for Canada, the vote failed and the No side won by 50.58% and Quebec stayed as a part of Canada. (Gall) -Griffin
