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People in canada stopped enrolling in the army so the Canadian government started to force people into the military. People who refused were treated as crimanals.
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The Union Nationale was a politacal party formed in Quebec in 1935. They narrowly lost against the liberals the first time around they then won by a landslide the next election. They beat out the liberals after 39 years of there rule.
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People in canada stopped enrolling in the army so the Canadian government started to force people into the military. People who refused were treated as crimanals.
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Quebec was ruled by the catholic church. This made them overly religouse and poor. They began a revolution in 1960 and they are still having a profound effect on Quebec, with the province becoming wealthier, more socially mobile and enjoying a much higher standard of living than before.
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The FLQ were a terrorist group that wanted quebec to seperate from Canada. They kidnapped politicians and had a series of bombing that took place.
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The October Crisis was a series of events triggered by two kidnappings of government officials by members of the Front de libération du Québec during October 1970 in the province of Quebec
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They were a politcal group who wanted to separate Quebec from canada. They won 30% of the voters but only 6 seats in parliment.
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The 1980 Quebec referendum was the first referendum in Quebec on the place of Quebec within Canada and whether Quebec should pursue a path toward sovereignty. The referendum was called by Quebec's Parti Québécois (PQ) government, which strongly favoured secession from Canada.
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"Distinct society" refers to the uniqueness of the province of Quebec within Canada, although here the meaning of "unique" is vague and controversial.
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Permitted the Province of Quebec to replace the denominational school boards with ones organized on linguistic lines.
