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World War One Conscription Crisis
The World War One Conscription Act forced all men to participate in the Canadian Army. Almost all French Canadians opposed conscription; they felt that they had no particular loyalty to either Britain or France -
Creation of the Union Nationale Party
The Union Nationale was a conservative and nationalist provincial political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with Québécois autonomism. -
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The Duplessis Era
The Duplesiss Era: He was Quebecs premier and was strongly against the centrilization led by the govt'. It gave the provinces little power The Great Darkness: Duplesiss was strong about the old ways and kept Quebec from progressing. Roman Catholic church backed him up and discouraged people going to school. -
World War Two Conscription Crisis
The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service in Canada during World War II. It was similar to the Conscription Crisis of 1917, but was not as politically damaging. -
Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) Party is Formed
This group started to form cells within the Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale (RIN), a precursor of the Parti Québécois, and within the Action socialiste pour l'indépendance du Québec (ASIQ), a sovereignty movement founded in 1960 by a Communist Party militant. -
Separatist Movement
Quebec wanted to break free from Canada -
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Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution was a period of intense sociao-political and socio-cultural change in the Canadian province of Quebec. -
Bi & Bi Commission Investigation by Lester B. Pearson
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Canada's New Flag
The debate over the proposed new Canadian flag was ended by closure on December 15, 1964. It resulted in the adoption of the "Maple Leaf flag" as the Canadian national flag. -
Canada's Immigration Policy Becomes "Colour Blind"
Prior to this immigration policy was quite restrictive and excluded people from Asian countries. Now we were removing those restrictions by using a Points System, points awarded by professors in demand in Canada at time of immigration -
Trudeau Becomes Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau, October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000, was a Canadian statesman who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada. 1968-1984. -
Official Languages Act Passed
Making French the 2nd official language. Canada was a byproduct of the Bi & Bi Commissions recommendations. by passing it. Trudeau wanted to show French introduction into the favor of Canada -
FLQ Crisis
The FLQ has stepped up their radical seperatist activity by kidnapping British diplomat, John Cross. The FLQ would only release Cross if FLQ prisoners were given amnesty for crimes against Canada. Trudeau responds with War Measures Act. But FLQ then kidnapped and killed Pierre La Porte, Quebecs Labour minister -
The War Measures Act
Emergency regulations were proclaimed in response to two kidnappings by the terrorist group, Front de Liberation du Quebec. The FLQ kidnapped British trade commissioner James Cross, and kidnapped and murdered Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte. As authorities grappled with the crisis, more than 450 people were detained under the powers of the Act; most were later released without the laying or hearing of charges. -
Policy of Multiculturalism
The federal government, declared in 1971 that Canada would adopt multicultural policy. Canada would recognize and respect its society included diversity in languages, customs, religions, and so on. -
Bill 22 Introduced by Robert Bourassa
Bill 22, the Official Language Act, sponsored by the Québec Liberal government of Robert Bourassa and passed by the legislature July 1974. It made French the language of civic administration and services, and of the workplace. -
Immigration Policy Moves to 'Sponsorship Program'
The policy allowed citizens of Canada to "support" or "sponser" outside applicants to Canada. This required that those who sponsered people were legally and financially responsible for the new immigrants.
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Parti Quebecois Wins Provincial Election on Quebec
In the 1976 provincial election, the Parti Québécois won government for the first time, taking 71 of the 110 seats available. Lévesque became the Premier of Quebec. -
Bill 101 Introduced by Parti Quebecois, Rene Levesque
Bill 101 aka Charter of the French Language replaced Bill 22. Made French the official language of Quebec. (Govt receives, offices, retail, etc.. operated only in French) Some French-Canadian people saw this as a symbole of oppression -
Bill 101 Passes
Bill 101 — on Aug. 26, 1977, in a bid to bolster and protect the French language while freeing the province from the dominance of English. -
Referendum on Sovereignty Association
In May 1980, the Parti Québécois government used a referendum to ask the people of Québec for a mandate to negotiate sovereignty-association, thus defined, with the federal and other provincial authorities. -
Partition of the Constitution
In 1982 Canada "patriated" its Constitution, transferring the country's highest law, the British North America Act, from the authority of the British Parliament — a connection from the colonial past — to Canada's federal and provincial legislatures -
Constitution Act
The Constitution Act, 1982 enshrined the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Constitution, and completed the unfinished business of Canadian independence — allowing Canadians to amend their own Constitution without requiring approval from Britain. -
Brian Mulroney becomes Prime Minister
Martin Brian Mulroney, is a Canadian politician who served as the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. -
Reform Party Created
Following the campaign, Perot sought to develop a party that would fully encompass his platform of government and economic reform. He founded the Reform Party in 1995. -
Bloc Quebecois Formed
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party that was created officially on 15 June 1991 -
Department of Multiculturalism Formed
The Canadian Multiculturalism Act is a law, passed in 1988, that aims to preserve and enhance multiculturalism in Canada. -
Meech Lake Accord
The Meech Lake Accord was a series of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada negotiated in 1987 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and all 10 Canadian provincial premiers. -
Charlottetown Accord
The Charlottetown Accord was a package of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. -
Parti Quebecois Returned to Power
The Parti Québécois was returned to power with 44.7 per cent of the votes and 77 seats in the National Assembly — a strong majority. -
2nd Referendum on Sovereignty Association
Was the second referendum to ask voters in the Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should proclaim national sovereignty and become an independent country, with the condition precedent of offering a political and economic agreement to Canada. Solely by the provincial Parti Québécois -
Clarity Bill and the Supreme Court Decision
Is legislation passed by the Parliament of Canada that established the conditions under which the Government of Canada would enter into negotiations that might lead to secession following such a vote by one of the provinces
