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World War One Conscription Crisis
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/conscription/' >Conscription Crisis The federal government decided in to conscript young men for overseas military service. The French-Canadians didn't want to send anymore troops, because they felt they had done enough. -
Creation of the Union Nationale Party
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/union-nationale/' >Canadian Encyclopedia The Union Nationale was a Québec political party founded in 1935 and dissolved in 1989. -
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The Duplessis Era/The Great Darkness
Duplessis Era The period in which Duplessis was was in rule of Quebec was referred to as “The Great Darkness,” because there were many secrets kept away from the public; an era of corruption where Quebec made no social, political or economical advancements. -
World War Two Conscription Crisis
http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1939-45/1939-45-03-conscription.html' >WWII Conscription Crisis King had entered the war assuring Quebec that there would be no
conscription this time. French Canadians voting overwhelmingly no, and English Canadians voting yes. So he said, "Not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary". -
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Quiet Revolution Begins & Maitre Chez Nous
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quiet-revolution/' >Canadian Encyclopedia The objectives of nationalization included standardizing rates across the province, co-ordinating investments, encouraging industrialization, guaranteeing economic benefits for the Québec economy through a buy-Québec policy. -
Trudeau Becomes Prime Minister
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau' >Trudeau becomes Prime Minister Trudeau becomes Prime Minister -
Bi& Bi Commission (Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) investigation
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/citizenship.asp' >Policiy of Multicultralism Canada affirmed the value and dignity of all Canadian citizens regardless of their racial or ethnic origins, their language, or their religious affiliation. -
Canada's New National Flag
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/flag-of-canada/' >Canada's New Flag All parties agreed that Canada should have a flag, but there was no agreement on its design. French Canadians and English Canadians debated on the symbol. -
Canada's Immigration Policy becomes "colour blind"
http://www.llss.sd73.bc.ca/socials11/materials/chapter8/cp_ch_8.pdf' >Canada's Immigratin Policy becomes officially "colour blind" Canada no longer asked you to strip yourself of your culture and identity. -
Official Languages Act is Passed
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/official-languages-act-1969/' >Official Languages Act The Official Languages Act is the federal statute that made English and French the official languages of Canada. -
Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) & Separatist Movement
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/front-de-liberation-du-quebec/' >FLQ The FLQ is best known for the 1970 October Crisis. The Crisis was the first occasion in the history of Canada that its citizens were deprived of their rights and freedoms during peace time. -
FLQ Crisis & War Measures Act
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/october-crisis/' >FLQ Crisis The October Crisis began 5 October 1970 with the kidnapping of James Cross, and on 16 October the federal government proclaimed the existence of a state of "apprehended insurrection" under the War Measures Act. -
Bill 22 - Introducd by Robert Bourassa
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bill-22/' >Bill 22 Bill 22, Loi sur la langue officielle, 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 allows for the Sponsorship Program
http://mapleleafweb.com/features/immigration-policy-canada-history-administration-and-debates' >Immigration Policy - Sponsorship Program Forced people who immigrated to Canada to be sponsored by a citizen, to avoid them apply and get recieve money from the government reguraly without working. -
Parti Quebecois Wins Provincial Election on Quebec
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/parti-quebecois/' >Parti Quebecois The party was elected to its first term in office in 1976 and went on to hold two referendums on Québec sovereignty: one in 1980 and the other in 1995. -
Bill 101 was introduced
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bill-101/' > Made French the official language of government and of the courts in the province of Québec, as well as making it the normal and habitual language of the workplace, of instruction, of communications, of commerce and of business. -
Bill 101 was Passed
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bill-101/' >Bill 101 was Passed Made French the official language of government and of the courts in the province of Québec, as well as making it the normal and habitual language of the workplace, of instruction, of communications, of commerce and of business. -
1980 Referendum on Sovereignty Association
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quebec-referendum-1980/' >Québec Referendum A Québec referendum, called by the Parti Quebecois government, was held to ask the people of Québec for a mandate to negotiate, on an equal footing, a new agreement with the rest of Canada, to taking steps toward a sovereign Québec.
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Patriation of the Constitution
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/patriation-of-the-constitution/' >Patriation 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 to Canada's federal and provincial legislatures. -
Constitution Act
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/constitution-act-1982-document/' >Constitution Act The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. -
Brian Mulroney becomes Prime Minister
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/brian-mulroney/' >Brian Mulroney becomes Prime Minister Brian Mulroney becomes Prime Minister -
Reform Party Created
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/reform-party-of-canada/' >Reform Party Created The Reform Party of Canada was a Western-based political party that grew out of a coalition of discontented Western interest groups. -
Bloc Quebecois Formed
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bloc-quebecois/' >Bloc Quebecois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party that currently runs candidates in 75 Québec ridings. -
Deptartment of Multiculturalism formed
https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZSS5qocIPDUC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=1988+Department+of+Multiculturalism+formed&source=bl&ots=oV-8yAJrSu&sig=7wP9ycoKvnWl61_YvS3tqzwS4WY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifmLWCwf_LAhUG0GMKHbHXATQQ6AEIMjAE#v=onepage&q=1988 Department of Multiculturalism formed&f=false' >Deptartment of Multiculturalism formed Deptartment of Multiculturalism's aim was is to preserve and enhance the use of other languages while strengthening official languages. -
Meech Lake Accord
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/meech-lake-accord/' >Meech Lake Accord The result was the Meech Lake Accord, an agreement between the federal and provincial governments to amend the Constitution by strengthening provincial powers and declaring Québec a "distinct society." -
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Charlottetown Accord
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-charlottetown-accord/' >Charlottetown 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. -
Parti Quebecois
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Clarity Bill and the Supreme Court Decision
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-clarity-act-bill-c-20/' >Clarity Bill Bill C-20, the bill known as the Clarity Act gives effect to the requirement for a clear question, and clear majority from a referda to obtain soveriegnty. -
2nd Referendum on Sovereignty Association
2nd Referendum The second referendum left the nation in shock - 50.6% voted no on autonomy of Quebec, and 49.4% voted yes. Ultimately, after an emotional and somewhat controversial campaign, the "No" side achieved victory by a narrow majority of 50.58 per cent.
